Articles by William J. Kinsella
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The Cold War’s Toxic Legacy: Costly, Dangerous Cleanups at Atomic Bomb Production Sites
William J. Kinsella – The Conversation,
19 Mar 2018
5 Mar 2018 – Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a mysterious construction project began at a remote location in eastern Washington State. Over the next two years some 50,000 workers built an industrial site occupying half the area of Rhode Island, costing over US$230 million – equivalent to $3.1 billion today. Few of those workers, and virtually no one in the surrounding community, knew the facility’s purpose. The site was called Hanford, named for a small town whose residents were displaced to make way for the project.
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