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The nuclear arms race's legacy at home: Toxic contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecy

  • Written by William J. Kinsella, Professor Emeritus of Communication, North Carolina State University
The nuclear arms race's legacy at home: Toxic contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecyPackaging excavated radioactive materials at the Hanford site in Washington state.USDOE

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and...

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