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Atomic Geography : A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation / / Melvin R. Adams
| Atomic Geography : A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation / / Melvin R. Adams |
| Autore | Adams Melvin R. <1941-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pullman, Washington : , : Washington State University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; |
| Disciplina |
623.4/5119
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste sites - Cleanup
Radioactive pollution Nuclear weapons plants - Waste disposal - Environmental aspects Industrial safety Hazardous waste site remediation Groundwater - Pollution Environmental engineers Ecology Radioactive waste sites - Cleanup - Washington (State) - Hanford Site Radioactive pollution - Washington (State) - Hanford Site Groundwater - Pollution - Washington (State) - Hanford Site Hazardous waste site remediation - Washington (State) - Hanford Site Nuclear weapons plants - Waste disposal - Environmental aspects - Washington (State) - Hanford Site Environmental engineers - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Biographies. Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-63682-042-5
0-87422-341-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910862083003321 |
Adams Melvin R. <1941->
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| Pullman, Washington : , : Washington State University Press, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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History of the plutonium production facilities at the Hanford Site historic district, 1943-1990
| History of the plutonium production facilities at the Hanford Site historic district, 1943-1990 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Richland, WA : , : Hanford Cultural and Historic Resources Program, U.S. Dept. of Energy, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (603 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Soggetto topico |
Plutonium - Washington (State) - Richland
Nuclear weapons - Materials Nuclear facilities - Washington (State) - Richland - History Nuclear facilities Plutonium |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Hanford Site historic district |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708469503321 |
| Richland, WA : , : Hanford Cultural and Historic Resources Program, U.S. Dept. of Energy, , [2002] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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