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Retired Hanford Scientist Keeps Story of Nagasaki Alive

August 09, 2005

0809_gorge.jpgThe American bomb dropped on Nagasaki 60 years ago Tuesday was fueled by plutonium made at Hanford.

Every year, a retired Hanford scientist organizes a ceremony he calls the Atomic Cities Peace Memorial to remember the people who died from the A-bombs dropped over Japan.

Correspondent Rachael McDonald has this profile.

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