Made in HanfordThe Bomb That Changed the WorldHill WilliamsNarrated by Sean Schroeder Book published by Washington State University Press At an isolated location along the Columbia River in 1944, the world’s first plutonium factory became operational, producing fuel for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. Former "Seattle Times" science writer Hill Williams traces the amazing, tragic story—from the dawn of nuclear science to Cold War testing in the Marshall Islands. Hill Williams is also the award-winning author of The Restless Northwest. |