b'P ROVING THE P RINCIPLEBear Lake, 6 Bureau of Reclamation, 63 Columbia University, 21Bechtel Company, 40, 48, 51 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, 198 Combustion Engineering (CE), 140-141, 143-144, 147,Bechtel Corporation, 98, 215 Bureau of the Budget, 11 8 1 5 3Bechtel Bettis, Inc.,Burial Ground, 155, 198-203, 211, 217 Comprehensive Environmental Response, C o m p e ns a t i onBechtel BWXTIdaho, LLC, 253 B ur l e y, Idaho, 40, 209 and Liability Act (CERCLA), 246-247 Becquerel, Henri, 18 bus ride stories, 173 Compton, Dr. Arthur Holly, 56Beetle, the, 124 Bush, George, 244 Committee on Nuclear Science and Industry, 188Belgian Congo, 18 Butte County, 30, 42 Congressional Record, 194, 199Bennett, Wallace, 195 Byrom, John, 66-67, 84, 105 Congressional investigation, 152-153B er gholz, Jr., Warren E.,Byrne, Clarence W., 132 Connecticut, 52Berlin, 22 C-54 aircraft, 120 Controlled Environmental Radioiodine Tests (CERT ), Berlin Wall, 2 calcine, 169-172, 207, 250, 252 16 7- 169 Bethe, Hans, 233 California, 163, 196-197, 200 Cook, Beverly A., 224, 254, 255Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, 51-53 Canada, 113, 138 Cooperative Research and Development A g r ee m e n t Bevatron, 187-188 Carey Act of 1894, 7 (CRADA), 251Bighorn Battlefield, 250 Carter Administration, 248 Containment Analysis Program, 230Big Lost River, 6, 39, 48 Cat e, Jimmy, 218-219, 224, 231-231 Corcoran, Thomas, 27r rBig Mamma, 246 C ar v e r, Dr. Terrell O., 62-63 Cornell University, 233 Big Southern Butte, 4,17, 98 casks, 229 Crewe, Albert, 186-187Bills, C. Wayne, 156, 197 C Cell, 100 Critical Experiment Tank (CET), Bingham County, 42 Cenarussa, Pete, 190 critical mass, 94, 97bin set, 170-172 Centerline Road, 11 c r i t i ca l it y , 64, 165 biodecontamination, 245, 249 Central Facilities Area (CFA, Central): EBR-I ceremony, curie(s), 60, 170Bitteroot mountains, 6 192; helicopter base, 2, 4; in re location of other Curie, Marie, 18Blackfoot, Idaho, 7, 58, 173; hopes for NRTS headquarters facilities, 48, 51, 76, 120, 140; landfill (non- Czechoslovakian mines, 22c i t y, 28, 32-34; roads to, 12, 39, 41-43, 48, 60radioactive), 84-85; lit by BORAX-III, 131; origin, D&D, 163, 246Blackfoot asylum, 32 41, 42; reuse of NPG facilities, 101, 162; services Dann, Emma, 2Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce, 33 mentioned, 57, 101, 109, 134, 142, 144, 170, 173; SL- Davis, William, E., 208Blackfoot legislator, 28 1, 146 D ay , Sam, 221Blue Book, 110Central Power and Light Company, 177 D Cell, 100Blue Ribbon Study Commission, 208-211 Ce e n ko Dean, Gordon, 135r v, P.A., 73blowdown, 181, 222, 230 Cerenkov radiation, 69, 73, 108 deBoisblanc, Deslonde, 54, 106, 109, 160-161, 176 Bohemia, 18 Certificates for Heroism, 156 de c a y, radioactive, 49, 60, 109, 195, 96-97; explanation of,Boiling Water Reactor Experiments (BORAX-I to -V), Cesium, 190 76; fission product, 112, 123; heat of, 103, 171, 178,128, 130-135, 140; in re SL-1, 138, 147 CF A-609, 41 224; and liquid waste, 83-84, 221; RaLa, 96-97Boise Cascade Corporation, 189-190, 209 chain reaction: in bombs, 96; first experiment, 22-23; and De nv er , Colorado, 78-79Boise Front fautline, 215 loss-of-coolant accident, 178; in named reactors, 128- Department of Defense, 249Boise, Idaho: fallout on truck, 58-56;geothermal 130 (BORAX), 47 (EBR-I), 165 (EBR-II), 50 (MTR); Department of Energy (DOE), 209, 215, 221, 246, 249;resource, 214-216; in re Idaho governor, 30, 32, 43; process of, 21, 64, 68; and SL-1, 142, 150 Airborne Security Program, 2, 227; breeder reactorINEC representative, 189; NRF detonation, 15; Snake Chemical Engineering Lab, 170 programs, 226, 233; consent order, 246; creation of,River Alliance, 220. Mentioned, 60, 61, 150, 189, Chernobyl, 255 218-219; national initiatives, 220, 244, 248, 250-251;190, 220 Chicago, Illinois: locale of Met Lab, Ar gonne National weapons programs, 227-228Boise State University, 214-215 L ab oat o r y, 44, 52, 56, 64, 128, 135, 136, 187; site of Department of Energy , Idaho Operations Office. S e e rB o nn e , John, 27 first reactor, 22-23, 192; and siting of EBR-I, 24. Idaho Operations Off i ce r .Bonneville County, 33, 41-42 Mentioned, 35, 133, 196 Department of Interior, 218Bonneville Hotel, 57 Chicago Pile Number One (CP-1), 22, 190 Desert Side-notched, 7Bonneville Power Administration (B PA) ,3 8 ,2 1 2 ,214, 216 China Syndrome, 178, 180 Detroit, 27, 133-134, 152, 167Boston, 133 Christie, Michael, 206, 209 Detroit (consultants), 27, 30-31, 39-41Bottolfson, Clarence A ., 3 2 Church, Frank, 220, 248; letter from Dixy Lee Ray, 206, Detroit Edison Company, 134-135 Bottolfson, Elizabeth, 32 209;Raft River geothermal, 214, 216; Rocky Flats D EWLine, 138, 141Boy Scouts of America, 170 waste burial, 198-201 Distant Early Warning System (DEW), 138, 141Boyson, Bigelow, 38 C is er , Wal k er , 134-135 Doan, Richard: career and background, 54, 56-57, 158; andlBr ay, R. Glenn, 206, 208, 210-211, 219 Ci tiz en s Advisory Committee, 253 nuclear safety, 66, 69, 132-133; Phillips consolidation,dleB r a d y, Robb, 187-189 c i ti z s advisory committees, 211 106; at waste disposal hearing, 74, 82en Brazil, 231 Clark, D. Worth, 27 d o s i m e te, 145, 170reyBright, Glen, 134 Clinch River, Tennessee, 226-227, 232 Do wn , California, 154Brookhaven National Laboratory, 178 Clinton Laboratory, 49-50 dry storage, 231Brown, Wa l te, 16 Coalition 21, 254 Dubois, Idaho, 58, 61rB ru gge r, Robert, 11 0-111, 196, 212, 214 Connecticut, 52 Dugway Proving Ground Chemical Radiological Unit, Buhl, Idaho, 190 cold run, 94 14- 7614Bureau of Land Management, 40, 216 Cold War , 24, 91, 122, 217, 219; beginning of, 25; end of, Duluth, Minnesota, 106Bureau of Mines, 248 2; environmental legacy, 244 Duquesne Light Company, 72Bureau of Public Roads, 42 Colorado, 18, 244 Durham, Carl T., 79318'