Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West

Illustrations

vi i 1.1 Colonel Matthias 19 1.2 Map of Hanford, 1940 20 1.3 Hanford workers in line 26 1.4 Map of Hanford, 1945 31 1.5 General Groves at rally 33 1.6 Testing for atmospheric releases 39 1.7 Chart of wind patterns 39 1.8 Map of Hanford, 1966 42 1.9 Building C reactor, 1952 50 1.10 Herbert Parker, health physicist 59 1.11 Barrels of waste 70 2.1 Dust storm 80 2.2 Pasco victory parade 83 2.3 Richland Village housing 87 2.4 Richland Day program, 1947 97 2.5 Atomic Frontier Days program, 1948 101 2.6 LDS Church parade float 101 2.7 Aerial view of Kennewick, 1953 115 2.8 New Richland housing and shelter belt, 1952 121 2.9 East Pasco housing, 1950s 126 2.10 NAACP protest in Kennewick 130 2.11 Atomic Cup hydroplane race, 1968 132 2.12A, 2.12B Richland logos, 1958 and 1990 134 3.1 President Truman and Senator Magnuson 145 3.2 Representative Jackson at Richland banquet 155 3.3 N reactor under construction 164 3.4 President Kennedy helps to dedicate N reactor, 1963 167 3.5 Tri-City Herald view of economic region, 1958 171 3.6 President Nixon and Governor Evans 186 3.7 Dixy Lee Ray visits Hanford 192 4.1 Map of Hanford and vicinity, c. 2000 203 4.2 Manhattan Project scientists swimming in irrigation canal 210 Illustrations vi i i i l l u strAti on s 4.3 Water flow circuit for B reactor 216 4.4 Expanded pump house for B reactor 217 4.5 Warning sign regarding radiation danger 219 4.6 Hanford waste tanks 229 4.7 Fast Flux Test Facility 237 4.8 Fast Flux Test Facility under construction 241 4.9 Hanford Reach and White Bluffs, c. 1970 255 4.10 Kennewick Grape Festival, 1946 262 ...