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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. Whistleblowers, worried that the worst is ahead, are now speaking out, begging to be heard and hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community groups and handful of Indigenous activists, there is very little public scrutiny of the clean-up process, which is managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by contractors with shoddy track records, like Bechtel. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change, Atomic Days 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.… (mais)
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A very poorly written book about a very interesting topic. The author gives virtually no background about the topic. I kept waiting for an introductory chapter that would explain information like: exactly what is buried at Hanford? What was the history of the plant (more than one or two sentences long)? What are the specifics of the remediation efforts going on right now? What exactly is the structure of the DOE and contractors / subcontractors that work there, and what is the history of that?
I got halfway through the book before I realized that there was never going to be an introduction.
This giving no introduction repeats on a smaller level as well. For example: in one chapter, the author starts talking about pulse jet mixers, and literally gives no information about them. What are they? What problem do they solve? Why are they going to be problematic? Nothing, just a long argument about how horrible they'll be.
I'm not sure if the author is just SO familiar with the topics in this book that he assumes the reader has no need for any introduction, or if he just doesn't really know how to write a book.
Really, this book reads like getting into an elevator to hear two people arguing about something. They're very passionate in their back-and-forth, but you missed all of the lead up. You can't help but be interested and on their side, but you really have no details about the situation. This book is a missed opportunity. ( )
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40 Miles of Bad Roads
I've crossed the line I've bent the rules Home of the brave Red, white, and blue I've fought the fire Running through my head Stood by and watched Believed in what they said I'm 40 miles of bad road A riverbed of potholes I know, I know, I know Where the money goes Down a shaft of ratholes Lowered by my ankles Where dear dogs lie in the Afterglow -Dead Moon
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
If you're like any number of people I've talked to over the last few years, you aren't really sure what Hanford is all about. Maybe you haven't even heard of the place; I certainly wouldn't blame you. It is, after all, off the beaten path. The Hanford Nuclear Site is located in eastern Washington State. It's far from Seattle, three hours to the Idaho border, on the banks of the Columbia River, and a couple of hundred miles upstream from Portland, Oregon. -Why Hanford? A Prologue
The Columbia River basin in southeastern Washington is a desert land of sagebrush, sunshine, and coarse, silty soil. This beautiful landscape, however, has been radically altered by forces out of its control. Wild salmon, beacons of environmental health, have tenaciously hung on despite hydroelectric dams and overdevelopment. Human activity spans more than ten thousand years along this stretch of the mighty Columbia.... -Chapter One, Anatomy of an Atomic Wasteland
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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. Whistleblowers, worried that the worst is ahead, are now speaking out, begging to be heard and hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community groups and handful of Indigenous activists, there is very little public scrutiny of the clean-up process, which is managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by contractors with shoddy track records, like Bechtel. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change, Atomic Days 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.
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I got halfway through the book before I realized that there was never going to be an introduction.
This giving no introduction repeats on a smaller level as well. For example: in one chapter, the author starts talking about pulse jet mixers, and literally gives no information about them. What are they? What problem do they solve? Why are they going to be problematic? Nothing, just a long argument about how horrible they'll be.
I'm not sure if the author is just SO familiar with the topics in this book that he assumes the reader has no need for any introduction, or if he just doesn't really know how to write a book.
Really, this book reads like getting into an elevator to hear two people arguing about something. They're very passionate in their back-and-forth, but you missed all of the lead up. You can't help but be interested and on their side, but you really have no details about the situation. This book is a missed opportunity. (