{"product_id":"atomic-geography-a-personal-history-of-the-hanford-nuclear-reservation-9780874223415","title":"Atomic Geography: A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I have spent a career sifting through the rubble, the abandoned documents, the factories and tools, with the thought of saving what remains of water, land, and animals. But water, wind, and root have their way.\"--Melvin R. Adams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the first environmental engineer at Hanford, Adams spent twenty-four years on its 586 square miles. His thoughtful vignettes recall challenges and sites he worked on or found personally intriguing, like the 216-U-pond. Nestled among the trees, the pond looks like a pleasant place to go fishing. In reality, it has been contaminated with plutonium longer than any other place on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn what Adams considers his most successful project, he helped determine the initial scope of the soil and solid waste cleanup. The Environmental Restoration and Disposal Facility today covers 107 acres and has a capacity of 18 million tons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis group also designed and tested a marked, maintenance-free disposal barrier. It uses natural materials that will remain stable for thousands of years. They expanded a network of groundwater monitoring wells to define contaminated plumes, assess treatment effectiveness, and provide relevant data to hydrologists. They also developed a pilot scale pump and treatment plant for use on a four-square-mile carbon tetrachloride plume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis environmental and engineering unit included a biological control group fondly dubbed \"The Weeds.\" They controlled tumbleweeds, tracked and collected plants and animals found growing or digging in contaminated sites, and caught stray wildlife discovered in Hanford offices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAtomic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, Adams presents some surprising revelations. He shares his perspective on leaking high-level waste storage tanks, dosimeters, and Hanford's obsession with safety. He answers the question he is asked most, insisting he does not glow in the dark. He leaves that to spent fuel rods in water storage basins--a phenomenon known as Cherenkov radiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874223415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melvin R. Adams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43568703799477,"sku":"9780874223415","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_075f91b7-49b6-4046-afeb-0a592d9a719b.jpg?v=1706628984","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/atomic-geography-a-personal-history-of-the-hanford-nuclear-reservation-9780874223415","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}