TITLE

Just ask the neighbors

PUB. DATE

July 1993

SOURCE

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jul/Aug1993, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the cleanup operation at the badly contaminated Hanford reservation, where plutonium was produced for Cold War-era nuclear bombs. The Energy Department has asked state and local officials, environmental activists, academics and local Indian tribes to participate in planning for Hanford's future. Recommendations of the group; Goal for completion.

ACCESSION #

9307080104

Tags: RADIOACTIVE waste disposal

 

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