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Atomic days, the untold story of the most toxic place in America, Joshua Frank

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-242) and index

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Atomic days

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Joshua Frank

the untold story of the most toxic place in America

"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. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change, <i>Atomic Days</i> 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." --Back cover

Why Hanford? A prologue -- 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