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Hot Water - Hanford
| Auteur | Tim Connor |
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| Classificatie | 3.01.8.43/01 (VS - LOCATIES - HANFORD) |
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Uit de publicatie:
Chapter 1: Hanford History
The first and most important chapter in the history of the Hanford Reservation is
illustrated on the north wall of the Hanford Science Center. Between the front door
and a gumball machine that dispenses irradiated glass beads ("Atomic Marbles") for
a dime each, is a series of black & white photographs that tell the story. In early
1943 three small Washington towns--Richland, White Bluffs, and Hanford--and
some 6,000 people working the land along the 45-mile Hanford reach of the
Columbia River found themselves squarely in the tracks of history. In one frame
is a photograph of the Planters Hotel at pre-war Hanford. A few feet away is a
reproduction of the August 6, 1945 front page of the Richland Villager newspaper
announcing "It's Atomic Bombs!" The time lapse is 567 days. A caption on the
wall explains: "Many had said. 'What we make is a mystery to us but we know it
must be important to the war effort."'
The closest thing to an environmental appraisal for what was originally called the
"White Bluffs Military Project" is in the handwritten notes of Lt. Col. Franklin
T. Matthias of the Army Corp of Engineers. In 1942 Matthias’ job was to visit sites
in the western United States that might be suitable for the "Manhattan Engineering
District" (MED) plutonium production complex. Although the criteria for a site
included such vital considerations as the availability of water and electricity, it
was the compelling need for open space that sent Matthias on a whirlwind tour
of the west coast.
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