Topics:
o Nuclear Waste Remediation, Pacific Northwest National Labs, Hanford
Events:
o cancelled: Tues Nov 9, 4:30-5:30pm, Sem II, C1105 Lake Baikal, Siberia: Will Industrial Development Destroy the World’s Cleanest Lake?, Presented by Elena Agarkova, J.D.
o Wed Nov. 10, 4-6 pm, LH 3. The Beehive Design Collective will present their newly completed banner The True Cost of Coal followed by a discussion. The Beehive Design Collective is an all-volunteer, art-activist collective dedicated to cross-pollinating the grassroots by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools.
o Term research project assignment: See Projects
Faculty Facilitator: Judy
Tuesday (Kathleen will be at the Renewable Energy Conference)
o Review Ecology IT (Searching Eco Observatories, Zotero)
o Term Project Panel Organization
o Seminar
Thursday: Veteran’s Day, A campus holiday, NO CLASS
Seminar Reading:
About Hanford
o Hanford Reach National Monument
o Patricia Limerick, The Significance of Hanford in American History, in Paul W. Hirt (ed): Terra Pacifica, WSU Press, ISBN 0-87422-162-5
o Hanford Site Cleanup Completion Framework
About the Hanford 300 Project
o Peruse the Hanford 300 Area Integrated Field Research Challenge site. Read at least: home, About the Site, Background, History
o Zachara JM. January 2009 to January 2010. Multi-Scale Mass Transfer Processes Controlling Natural Attenuation and Engineered Remediation: An IFRC Focused on Hanford’s 300 Area Uranium Plume PNNL-19209, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland Washington. Read at least: Abstract, Introduction, I. Project Status, II. Observed Behaviors, III. Site Infrastructure, VII.Project Data Base, VIII.Placing the IFRC Site in Perspective (at least thru p. 94), IX.Challenges and Concerns, X.Future Research Plans, XI.Outreach Activities.