Oral histories at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
The founding of the Hanford Engineering Works to produce plutonium is described. The 45-year defense mission has now been replaced with a peaceful mission, that of being the first site for massive cleanup of the 45-year nuclear waste. In order to establish a remedial investigation and feasibility plan, a process of discovery named the Technical Baseline Report must be performed; the task of this process is to discover all that is known about a proposed cleanup site (what the waste was, where did it go). When none of the documentation can answer the question, oral history is utilized. Some of the problems associated with the conduct of oral history interviews are described, particularly Hanford`s legacy of secrecy.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 10108995
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-1515; CONF-9203286-1; ON: DE94004481; BR: 35AF11201/35AF11202
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Pacific Northwest history conference,Salem, OR (United States),26-28 Mar 1992; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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