September 12th, 2009

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Stuck in a Hanford reactor building elevator

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Nuclear physics fascinates me. The creative potential of nuclear power intrigues me. The destructive potential of nuclear weapons repulses me.

Photo from Pierre J’s collection of French nuclear test photos taken in 1970
Back in the mid-90s, I toured the Hanford Site in eastern Washington State with a small college class. (In the contemporary national security climate, [...]