Hanford: A Conversation about Nuclear Waste and Cleanup

About this book

Gephart a geohydrologist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland Washington has written a thorough history of the Hanford nuclear reservation in Hanford Washington thats accessible to the non-specialist. The main issues discussed are the sites history and changing functions and the process involved in its cleanup. The latter is described in exacting detail with examples from other sites; discussion of waste and nuclear materials; environmental regulations and cleanup agreement; the administration of the cleanup; and the science economics and risk involved. Annotation (c) Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)