America’s Most Contaminated Nuclear Site Becomes National Historic Landmark

by Theodore Scott » 30 August 2008 at 1:47 am

Part of the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States, long a tourist attraction, has just become a National Historic Landmark. Between 1943 and 1963, the U.S. government built nine nuclear reactors near the Columbia River at a site named Hanford, in Washington state. Hanford’s B reactor supplied the plutonium for the bomb used […]

Machu Picchu: Threatened by Tourism?

by Theodore Scott » 30 July 2008 at 1:44 am

In early July, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) considered placing Machu Picchu, one of the top tourist destinations in South America, on its list of endangered World Heritage sites. The addition of Machu Picchu to the list has been lobbied by conservation and environmental groups in hopes that international attention would […]