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From Publishers Weekly
Built in WW II to supply plutonium for the Manhattan Project, the federal nuclear installation in rural Hanford, Wash., is now undergoing a cleanup of more than 440 billion gallons of chemical and radioactive waste that is expected to cost some $1 billion a year for the indefinite future. No less staggering is Pulitzer Prize-winning News day reporter D'Antonio's sobering report on the "four decades of pollution, secrecy and deceit" at the nine-reactor, 570-square-mile site, whose officials allegedly put production needs over the safety of local populations. Focusing on several tireless activists, whistle-blowers and journalists, the author reveals how radiation-related health problems among animals and people prompted disclosures of plant mishaps and safety violations and how Hanford authorities deliberately failed to issue warnings when radioactive releases threatened public safety and the environment. The story has been covered in national media, but D'Antonio puts it into the context of the Cold War and such deceptions as the "missile gap" of the early '60s which defense secretary Robert McNamara later admitted was fabricated. The irony is that the local economy, once robust because of plutonium production, is booming again as the Hanford complex becomes a pioneer in developing the nuclear-waste cleanup technology needed here and in the former Soviet Union.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington helped develop the atomic bomb in the 1940s. For 30 years after its construction, according to D'Antonio, Hanford spewed enough dangerous radiation to cause thyroid diseases, miscarriages, and cancer. D'Antonio relates the sad tale of a government so obsessed with secrecy that it withheld vital information from the people it poisoned. Although the book is well written, the absence of notes or a bibliography is a fatal flaw. Whole conversations are re-created that are said to have taken place years before D'Antonio became aware of the Hanford victims, yet not one source is documented. The outrageous and duplicitous actions of the U.S government regarding Hanford deserve airing and a serious treatment. Unfortunately, this book is not up to providing it.
- Randy Dykhuis, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Built in WW II to supply plutonium for the Manhattan Project, the federal nuclear installation in rural Hanford, Wash., is now undergoing a cleanup of more than 440 billion gallons of chemical and radioactive waste that is expected to cost some $1 billion a year for the indefinite future. No less staggering is Pulitzer Prize-winning News day reporter D'Antonio's sobering report on the "four decades of pollution, secrecy and deceit" at the nine-reactor, 570-square-mile site, whose officials allegedly put production needs over the safety of local populations. Focusing on several tireless activists, whistle-blowers and journalists, the author reveals how radiation-related health problems among animals and people prompted disclosures of plant mishaps and safety violations and how Hanford authorities deliberately failed to issue warnings when radioactive releases threatened public safety and the environment. The story has been covered in national media, but D'Antonio puts it into the context of the Cold War and such deceptions as the "missile gap" of the early '60s which defense secretary Robert McNamara later admitted was fabricated. The irony is that the local economy, once robust because of plutonium production, is booming again as the Hanford complex becomes a pioneer in developing the nuclear-waste cleanup technology needed here and in the former Soviet Union.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington helped develop the atomic bomb in the 1940s. For 30 years after its construction, according to D'Antonio, Hanford spewed enough dangerous radiation to cause thyroid diseases, miscarriages, and cancer. D'Antonio relates the sad tale of a government so obsessed with secrecy that it withheld vital information from the people it poisoned. Although the book is well written, the absence of notes or a bibliography is a fatal flaw. Whole conversations are re-created that are said to have taken place years before D'Antonio became aware of the Hanford victims, yet not one source is documented. The outrageous and duplicitous actions of the U.S government regarding Hanford deserve airing and a serious treatment. Unfortunately, this book is not up to providing it.
- Randy Dykhuis, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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