05391oam 22008534a 450 991086208300332120211004152739.01-63682-042-50-87422-341-5(CKB)5590000000434426(OCoLC)1273307731(MdBmJHUP)musev2_82055(MiAaPQ)EBC31206695(Au-PeEL)EBL31206695(EXLCZ)99559000000043442620160825d2016 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAtomic GeographyA Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation /Melvin R. Adams1st ed.Pullman, Washington :Washington State University Press,[2016]©[2016]1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;1-63682-007-7 What is Hanford? -- What is Hanford : a unique geography -- What is Hanford : a historical timeline -- An obscure, strange and fascinating place -- The paradoxes of Hanford -- Hanford : the personal challenge -- Hanford : the physical anomalies -- The atomic pond -- The PUREX railroad tunnels -- Z-9 Crib, poisoning plutonium and crawler robots -- Burial grounds -- Hanford : the cultural progression -- First fishing, then farming, then Hanford -- From plutonium to cleanup -- The street names of Richland -- The atomic man -- F house -- How a Japanese balloon shut Hanford down -- Hanford : the engineering challenge -- The nuclear priesthood and archaeological analogs -- The weeds -- Natural analogs : designing a water retaining barrier -- Thousands of wells -- Tumbleweeds -- Bird in a tank and data overload -- Pumping carbon tetrachloride -- The Beverly Railroad Bridge -- Glowing in the dark -- Tank waste controversy -- Hanford : the national park -- Elk and wild horses -- Rare plants/ new plants -- The Hanford Reach -- B reactor -- Hanford as a redemptive quest -- Hanford : the poetic response -- Glossary."Perhaps the first environmental engineer at Hanford, Melvin R. Adams spent 24 years on its 586 square miles of desert terrain. His thoughtful vignettes recall challenges and sites he worked on or found personally intriguing. Adams helped determine the initial scope of the soil and solid waste cleanup. The Environmental Restoration and Disposal Facility today covers 107 acres and has a capacity of 18 million tons. His group also designed and tested a marked, maintenance-free disposal barrier. It uses natural materials that will remain stable for thousands of years. They expanded a network of groundwater monitoring wells to define contaminated plumes, assess treatment effectiveness, and provide relevant data to hydrologists. They also developed a pilot scale pump and treatment plant for use on a four-square-mile carbon tetrachloride plume. Adams shares his perspective on leaking high-level waste storage tanks, dosimeters, and Hanford's obsession with safety."--Provided by publisher.Radioactive waste sitesCleanupfast(OCoLC)fst01087930Radioactive pollutionfast(OCoLC)fst01087680Nuclear weapons plantsWaste disposalEnvironmental aspectsfast(OCoLC)fst01041052Industrial safetyfast(OCoLC)fst00971664Hazardous waste site remediationfast(OCoLC)fst00952317GroundwaterPollutionfast(OCoLC)fst00948250Environmental engineersfast(OCoLC)fst00912975Ecologyfast(OCoLC)fst00901476Radioactive waste sitesCleanupWashington (State)Hanford SiteRadioactive pollutionWashington (State)Hanford SiteGroundwaterPollutionWashington (State)Hanford SiteHazardous waste site remediationWashington (State)Hanford SiteNuclear weapons plantsWaste disposalEnvironmental aspectsWashington (State)Hanford SiteEnvironmental engineersUnited StatesBiographyWashington (State)Hanford SitefastUnited StatesfastHanford Site (Wash.)Safety measuresHanford Site (Wash.)Environmental conditionsHanford Site (Wash.)HistoryHistory.Biographies.Electronic books. Radioactive waste sitesCleanup.Radioactive pollution.Nuclear weapons plantsWaste disposalEnvironmental aspects.Industrial safety.Hazardous waste site remediation.GroundwaterPollution.Environmental engineers.Ecology.Radioactive waste sitesCleanupRadioactive pollutionGroundwaterPollutionHazardous waste site remediationNuclear weapons plantsWaste disposalEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental engineers623.4/5119BAdams Melvin R.1941-1740832MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910862083003321Atomic Geography4166681UNINA