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Once home to the United States's largest plutonium production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is laced with 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at Hanford is all too real--an event that could be more catastrophic than Chernobyl. The EPA designated Hanford the most toxic place in America; it is also the most expensive environmental clean-up job the world has ever seen, with a $677 billion price tag that keeps growing. Huge underground tanks, well past their life expectancy and full of boiling radioactive gunk, are leaking, infecting groundwater supplies and threatening the Columbia River. Whistleblowers, worried that the worst is ahead, are now speaking out, begging to be heard and hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community groups and handful of Indigenous activists, there is very little public scrutiny of the clean-up process, which is managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by contractors with shoddy track records, like Bechtel. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change, Atomic Days provides a much-needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technology--from weapons to electricity--and shines a spotlight on the ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities, workers and the global environment. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I got halfway through the book before I realized that there was never going to be an introduction.
This giving no introduction repeats on a smaller level as well. For example: in one chapter, the author starts talking about pulse jet mixers, and literally gives no information about them. What are they? What problem do they solve? Why are they going to be problematic? Nothing, just a long argument about how horrible they'll be.
I'm not sure if the author is just SO familiar with the topics in this book that he assumes the reader has no need for any introduction, or if he just doesn't really know how to write a book.
Really, this book reads like getting into an elevator to hear two people arguing about something. They're very passionate in their back-and-forth, but you missed all of the lead up. You can't help but be interested and on their side, but you really have no details about the situation. This book is a missed opportunity. ( )