photo: DOE
THE Hanford Reach National Monument in the arid steppe of south-central Washington is a nature lover’s dream with the Columbia River flowing wide and free below chalk-white cliffs, an abundance of birds, and populations of deer, elk and coyotes. But there’s a twist: It surrounds the Hanford nuclear reservation, one of the world’s largest environmental clean-up projects.
There’s a nice set of photos, too.
Where else outside of the Ukraine can you get such plutonium chic?