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The authors of the book are archaeologists, architectural historians, and anthropologists, who worked in conjunction with Hanford staff for verification of accuracy and authenticity.
Author : Hanford Cultural and Historic Resources Program
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Page : 658 pages
File Size : 34,94 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
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The authors of the book are archaeologists, architectural historians, and anthropologists, who worked in conjunction with Hanford staff for verification of accuracy and authenticity.
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2003*
Category : Hanford Site (Wash.)
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Author : United States. Department of Energy. Richland Operations Office
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 1997
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Page : 603 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Hanford Site (Wash.)
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Page : 615 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2001
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2001-11-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309075963
The Hanford Site was established by the federal government in 1943 as part of the secret wartime effort to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. The site operated for about four decades and produced roughly two thirds of the 100 metric tons of plutonium in the U.S. inventory. Millions of cubic meters of radioactive and chemically hazardous wastes, the by-product of plutonium production, were stored in tanks and ancillary facilities at the site or disposed or discharged to the subsurface, the atmosphere, or the Columbia River. In the late 1980s, the primary mission of the Hanford Site changed from plutonium production to environmental restoration. The federal government, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), began to invest human and financial resources to stabilize and, where possible, remediate the legacy of environmental contamination created by the defense mission. During the past few years, this financial investment has exceeded $1 billion annually. DOE, which is responsible for cleanup of the entire weapons complex, estimates that the cleanup program at Hanford will last until at least 2046 and will cost U.S. taxpayers on the order of $85 billion. Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford provides background information on the Hanford Site and its Integration Project,discusses the System Assessment Capability, an Integration Project-developed risk assessment tool to estimate quantitative effects of contaminant releases, and reviews the technical elements of the scierovides programmatic-level recommendations.
Author : S. L. Sanger
Publisher : Continuing Education Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780876781159
The history of the Hanford Engineering Works, a site in eastern Washington that produced and separated plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
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Page : 626 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 1999
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Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2012
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Author : Elizabeth Toomey
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531678388
The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site describes the top-secret effort undertaken during World War II to develop a weapon never imagined at "Site W" or "Hanford Engineer Works," one of three sites selected in the United States (plus Los Alamos and Oak Ridge) to research and produce weapons that were ultimately used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki and end World War II. It was a research and engineering feat of unimaginable proportion, and the total project cost for all three sites was $2.1 billion--an unthinkable amount for a country that was coming out of the Great Depression. It is a story of gumption, resolve, tenacity, patriotism, pride, and selflessness for the thousands of people who worked multiple shifts, seven days a week, in a hot, dry, and desolate desert, never knowing what they were working on. It is a tribute to American resolve in the face of overwhelming adversity.