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050 4 TD898.12.W2|bF73 2022
082 04 363.72/890976751|223/eng/20220913
100 1 Frank, Joshua,|eauthor.
245 10 Atomic Days :|bThe Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in
America /|cJoshua Frank.
264 1 Chicago, IL :|bHaymarket Books,|c2022.
264 4 |c©2022
300 1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) :|billustrations,
map
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references.
505 0 Anatomy of an atomic wasteland -- Of leaks and lies: a
catastrophe in waiting -- The permanent disaster economy -
- This damn place will destroy you: how Hanford workers
risk their lives every single day -- To kill a
whistleblower: the case of Ed Bricker -- Toxic avengers:
top engineers and scientists blow the whistle on Hanford
safety -- Hanford's Indigenous struggle for environmental
justice: the legacy of Russell Jim -- Destroying the
planet to save the planet: the fallacies of nuclear
technology -- The Chernobyl-in-waiting.
520 "Once home to the United States's largest plutonium
production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in
Washington state is laced with 56 million gallons of
radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at
Hanford is all too real--an event that could be more
catastrophic than Chernobyl. The EPA designated Hanford
the most toxic place in America; it is also the most
expensive environmental clean-up job the world has ever
seen, with a $677 billion price tag that keeps growing.
Huge underground tanks, well past their life expectancy
and full of boiling radioactive gunk, are leaking,
infecting groundwater supplies and threatening the
Columbia River. Whistleblowers, worried that the worst is
ahead, are now speaking out, begging to be heard and
hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire
situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community
groups and handful of Indigenous activists, there is very
little public scrutiny of the clean-up process, which is
managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by
contractors with shoddy track records, like Bechtel. In
the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means
of combating climate change, Atomic Days provides a much-
needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technology--from
weapons to electricity--and shines a spotlight on the
ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities, workers
and the global environment."--|cBack cover.
588 Description based on online resource; title from digital
title page (viewed on September 13, 2022).
650 0 Nuclear weapons plants|xWaste disposal|xEnvironmental
aspects|zWashington (State)|zHanford Site.
650 0 Hazardous waste site remediation|zWashington (State)
|zHanford Site.
650 0 Radioactive waste sites|xCleanup|zWashington (State)
|zHanford Site.
650 7 Ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901476
650 7 Hazardous waste site remediation.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst00952317
650 7 Nuclear weapons plants|xWaste disposal|xEnvironmental
aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01041052
650 7 Radioactive waste sites|xCleanup.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01087930
651 0 Hanford Site (Wash.)|xHistory.
651 0 Hanford Site (Wash.)|xEnvironmental conditions.
651 7 Washington (State)|zHanford Site.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01287743
776 08 |iPrint version:|aFrank, Joshua.|tAtomic days.|dChicago,
Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2022|z9781642598285|w(DLC)
2022950115|w(OCoLC)1315739544
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