Atomic Days

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The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America

By Joshua Frank

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Atomic Days explores the harrowing legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, once the United States's largest plutonium production site. Home to 56 million gallons of radioactive waste, Hanford poses a constant risk of an explosive accident potentially more devastating than Chernobyl. The book delves into the environmental disaster, revealing the leaking underground tanks, contaminated groundwater, and the ongoing threat to the Columbia River and surrounding communities. It challenges common myths about nuclear technology, both weapons and electricity, while detailing why Hanford stands as the most toxic place in America and the most costly environmental clean-up ever.
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This book suits readers interested in environmental issues, nuclear history, and public health, as well as those concerned with government accountability and technological risk.

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state has become the most toxic site in the Western Hemisphere, yet most Americans are in the dark about the damage their government's nuclear obsession has wrought on the environment and their tax dollars.

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Once home to the United States' 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.

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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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642598827

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Foreword by Leona Morgan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 200

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About the Author

Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is a co-author of several books, most recently T (AK Press).

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