Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography

Hanford and the American West

By: John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly

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18 May 2011

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On the banks of the Pacific Northwest's greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years of waste from manufacturing plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future.

It is easy to think about Hanford as an expression of federal power, a place apart from humanity and nature, but that view distorts its history. Atomic Frontier Days looks through a wider lens, telling a complex story of production, community building, politics, and environmental sensibilities. In brilliantly structured parallel stories, the authors bridge the divisions that accompany Hanford's headlines and offer perspective on today's controversies. Influenced as much by regional culture, economics, and politics as by war, diplomacy, and environmentalism, Hanford and the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick illuminate the history of the modern American West.

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"Professors Findlay and Hevly have written an important and compelling book. It is a must-read for anyone interested and concerned about this nation's nuclear legacy, with many lessons applicable to future uses of nuclear energy." Keith Benson, University of British Columbia

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Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Hanford Timeline	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
Plutonium, Production, and Pollution Hartford's Career as Federal Enclave	p. 14
The Atomic city of the west Richland and the Tri-Cities	p. 74
The Politics of Handford Warfare and Welfare	p. 137
Handford and the Columbia River Basin Economy and Ecology	p. 201
Epilogue	p. 264
	p. 273
	p. 274
	p. 275
	p. 276
Note on Sources	p. 277
Abbreviations Used in Notes	p. 281
Notes	p. 287
Bibliographic Essay	p. 352
Index	p. 361
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