LaurenI just finished reading “Atomic Days: Th Untold Stiry of the Most Toxic Place in America” by Joshua Frank (2022): a biography of the Hanford Site in Washington State, USA. The site was used to produce plutonium during WW2 and the Cold War and stored, leaked, and intentionally released an unimaginable amount of radioactive waste. Frank also covers Indigenous resistance movements (figuring nuclear power and associated activities like mining and waste disposal as a vehicle for neo-colonialism), the plight of whistleblowers, and future risks to the site. Harrowing stuff!
