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 * Contaminated Futures: Caring for the Future at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Beyond**

I. **Introduction** Beginning with an anecdote about James Accord’s plan for a “nuclear Stonehenge” at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and using it to briefly introduce readers to the Hanford site, I will introduce the concept of future imaginary, as well as set up some of the key themes of the book. This will include a discussion of future geographies, biocitizenship, and wastelands. I will then describe the process/methodology used for researching and writing the book, and explore some of the general ethical issues encountered during research. Finally, I will summarize each chapter.

II. **“I Maimed My Babe for that Nuclear Race”** This chapter will focus on the future imaginaries authorizing particular kinds of sacrifices and secrecy, especially during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War, and the future geography of Hanford until the 1980’s.
 * Part I**

This chapter will begin with the subject formation of Hanford ‘downwinders,’ the anti-nuclear/peace movement’s relationship to the site, and the revelation of cold war documents about, among other things, intentional releases of radioactive material. It will then move on to describe the site’s transition to the mission of environmental remediation. It will describe the formation of the stakeholder process at Hanford, and how this related to existing social movements and other concerned communities around the site.
 * III.** **Reconciliation, Participation, and the Political**

This chapter, marking something of a break with the previous two, will begin with an exploration of debates about the “passive institutional controls” considered for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico. This will be used for both comparative purposes, and to draw out themes and questions with which to examine the long term plans in place at Hanford, and in environmental remediation more generally.
 * Part II**
 * IV.** **Wastelands**

This chapter will explore the production of history at and around Hanford, including the production of silences. It will also attempt to understand how memory is shaping Hanford.
 * V.** **Legacies**

It is here that I will shift to an examination of the science and engineering behind the Hanford clean up (as well as issues with whistleblowers), as well as the estimation of risk (when it comes to leaking/exploding tanks, etc.).
 * VI.** **Knowledge**

This chapter will summarize key themes, and put forth positive arguments (see the “political implications” memo).
 * Conclusion**