Index Air Force, U.S.: criticism of MX missile opponents, 267; perceptions of Nevada and Utah, 258-60; and siting of MX missiles, 256-58 Alamogordo, N.M., 5, 40 Alaska, 5-6, 179-96 passim; as atomic testing ground, 180-81; support in for Project Chariot, 185-86. See also Cape Thompson, Alaska; Point Hope, Alaska Alaska Council of Churches, 185-86 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 189 Alaska Natives, 14, 189. See also Eskimos American West. See West, American Another Mother for Peace (California), 208,209 antinuclear activism. See opposition to nuclear power Army Corps of Engineers, U.S., 5; and Columbia Basin Project, 23, 25, 27, 29,31; and Manhattan ProJect, 21, 27,42-43 atomic bomb: decision to build, 43; and Manhattan Project, 39-40, 52; used against Japan, 39-40, 69, 71, 76. See also atomic power; Groves, Gen. Leslie; nuclear weapons tests Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. (AEC), 4, 11-13, 14,30, 184; and nuclear weapons tests, 157-59; and Project Chariot, 193-94; public relations and secrecy of, 125, 143, 158-60,165-69, 182, 187; and town planning, 106; and University of California, 124, 125 atomic power: expectations for, 4, 143,146-47,152-53,185-86,200, 201-2,214,240,255. See also nuclear power plants atomic reactors: Chicago Pile No. 1 (cp-1), 3, 52; development at Hanford , 51-54, 65 atomic testing. See nuclear weapons tests Atomic West: defined, 5-9; and nuclear wastes, 8 ball lightning. 148-51 Barranca Mesa, N.M., 104, 106, 114 Bethe,Han~94,217,227,233 BLM. See Bureau of Land Management Bonneville Dam, 24-25 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA): and Columbia River dams, 24-25, 27, 31, 32, 57; and Washington Public Power Supply System, 236,240,241,243-44,246,248 Boulder City, Nev., 98 BPA. See Bonneville Power Administration Bradbury, Norris, 99, 123, 128, 129, 140, 141 Brazier, Be~is E., 94, 95 Bureau of Land Management, U.S. (BLM),258 279 Index Bureau of Reclamation, U.S., 23-24, 30,32 Bush, VannevaI, 39, 42, 43-44, 45, 68-69,70,81 Bymes, James F., 66-70 California, 119-30 passim, 200-225 passim; energy needs, 215-16; iniĀ· tiative process, 203, 206-8, 210; legislation to regulate nuclear power industry, 218-19, 221-23,224-25; regulatory agencies, 203-4,21415 ,216-17. See alsQ Proposition 15; University of California Californians for Nuclear Safeguards (eNS), 210, 213, 218,221 Cape Thompson, Alaska, 181-82, 187-88, 190-91, 193 Carter, Pres. Jimmy, and MX missile basing, 256-58 Christensen, Sherman, 163-65 Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See Mormon Church; Mormons elF. See Creative Initiative Foundation class divisions: at Los Alamos, N.M., 98, 105-6; at Richland, Wash., 102-3 Clay, Gen. Lucius, 44, 86 Columbia Basin Project, 21-32 Columbia River, 10,21-32; Hanford Reach of, 31; water for Hanford reo actors, 54 Commoner, Barry, 192-93 Compton, Arthur Holly, 3, 45, 47, 49 Conant, James B., 3, 39, 43, 45, 47, 68, 70,79,81 controlled fusion: prospects for as energy source, 146-47, 152-53 Creative Initiative Foundation (CI F), 211-13,219-20 Department of Energy, U.S. (DOE), 4, 130; and 1950s sheep deaths, 164 DOE. See Department of Energy Dunning, Gordon M., 160, 166-68 Du Pont Company (E.I. du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc.), 21, 27; Richland, Wash., 95, 98; as Manhattan Project contractor, 4748 , 78, 80; and plutonium production at Hanford, 61-65 Durkin, Martin, 59-60 environmentalism: and attitudes toward nuclear power, 190, 192-93, 202-3. See also Friends of the Earth; opposition to nuclear power; Sierra Club; Wilderness Society Eskimos, 181, 182, 186-89; and radioactive fallout, 191. See also Alaska Natives Eugene, Ore.: and proposed nuclear power plant; 240-41; rejects additional participation in wppss, 242 federal government. See names ofspecific agencies Fermi, Enrico, 3, 49, 80, 94,141 Fermi, Laura, 98 Firmage, Edwin, 259, 264-65 Foote, Don Charles, 186-87, 191 Forrestal, James, 266-67 Friends of the Earth, 209-10 fusion. See controlled fusion; Tuck, James L. General Electric (GE), 103; public attiĀ· tudes toward, 100, 109; and Richland , Wash., 99 Germany, and the race to build an atomic bomb, 71, 87 Gordon, Bishop William, 185-86 280 [35.172.223.130] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 06:51 GMT) Index Grand Coulee Dam, l1, 21-25,27, 99 Great Basin. See MX missile; Nevada...