Atomic Days

The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America

Joshua Frank, Leona Morgan

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Haymarket Books
07 February 2023

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Nuclear issues

Once home to the United States's largest plutonium production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is laced with 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at Hanford is all too real—an event that could be more catastrophic than Chernobyl.

The EPA designated Hanford the most toxic place in America; it is also the most expensive environmental clean-up job the world has ever seen, with a $677 billion price tag that keeps growing. Huge underground tanks, well past their life expectancy and full of boiling radioactive gunk, are leaking, infecting groundwater supplies and threatening the Columbia River.

provides a much-needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technology—from weapons to electricity—and shines a spotlight on the ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities, workers and the global environment.

By: Joshua Frank
Foreword by: Leona Morgan
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781642598827
ISBN 10: 1642598828
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 07 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is a co-author of several books, most recently The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink (AK Press). In 2014, Leona Morgan co-founded Diné No Nukes, a vehicle for Diné and Indigenous-driven work, which includes the Radiation Monitoring Project and Haul No! initiatives. In 2016, she co-founded the Nuclear Issues Study Group which focuses on statewide nuclear issues in New Mexico.