Legacies of the Manhattan Project: Reflections on 75 Years of a Nuclear World

by Hilary Dickerson, Daisy Henwood, Michele S Gerber, et al.

The Hanford History Project held the "Legacies of the Manhattan Project at 75 Years" conference in March 2017. Its Richland, Washington, meeting venue was a stone's throw from the southern-most edge of the Hanford Nuclear Site--the place where workers produced the plutonium that fueled the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

The symposium's appeal extended well beyond local interest. Professionals from a broad array...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087422375X
• ISBN13: 9780874223750
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"