Legacy and legend: Fifty years of defense production at the Hanford Site

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5782726

Gerber, M S

This document compiles eleven articles written on the history of Hanford site. Beginning in 1855 with a discussion of the settlement of the basin, the author moves to the wartime production of plutonium, and later Hanford's role in radioactive waste storage and eventual remediation.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5782726
• Report Number(s): WHC-MR-0293; ON: DE92007917
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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