The Cold War's toxic legacy: Costly, dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites
- Written by William J. Kinsella, Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University
Nuclear reactors line the bank of the Columbia River at the Hanford site in 1960.USDOE
Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a mysterious construction project began at a remote location in eastern Washington state. Over the next two years some 50,000 workers built an industrial site occupying half the area of Rhode Island, costing over US$230...
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