nuclear weapons plants

The author tells the story of growing up near Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant working with plutonium in Colorado, and investigates accidents and government concealed toxic and radioactive waste released by the plant.

Teri Hein chronicles her childhood in the Palouse wheatlands of rural Washington during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on how her way of life and livelihood were threatened by progress.

Reconstructs the drama and dynamics of Hanford's transformation as the nation's prime bomb-maker and polluter to an industry forced at long last to face the century's most daunting task--closing the circle on the splitting of the atom.

Examines the problems caused by nuclear waste from the nuclear power industry and nuclear weapons programs.