Hanford: A Conversation about Nuclear Waste and Cleanup

Roy Gephart
Pacific Northwest National Labs

In the presentation Hanford: A Conversation about Nuclear Waste and Cleanup, Roy Gephart takes us on a journey into the world’s first nuclear weapons site to release large amounts of radioactive contamination into the environment. This was a time when radiation biology was in its infancy, industry practiced unbridled waste dumping, and the public trusted what it was told. Today, Hanford is the most challenging environmental cleanup project facing the U.S.

 
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