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The Hanford site, a 580-square-mile section of semi-arid desert in southeast Washington, was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project to produce plutonium for national defense.
May 31, 2023 · Hanford, some 580 square miles of shrub-steppe desert in south-central Washington State, is the largest and most contaminated of all the weapons production sites — too polluted to ever be ...
Oct 26, 2023 · This is the seventh chapter of The Hanford Story, a multimedia presentation that provides an overview of the Hanford Site—its history, today's cleanup activities, and a glimpse into the possibilities of future uses of the 580-square-mile government site in southeast Washington State.
Apr 15, 2024 · Over 30 months, Hanford workers built 554 buildings, 386 miles of road, 158 miles of railroad, dozens of large underground tanks for radioactive and chemical waste, three massive plutonium extraction plants and the world's first three production-scale nuclear reactors.
Hanford Site, large nuclear site near Richland, Washington, where plutonium for atomic bombs was produced during World War II.
Apr 25, 2023 · Hanford. At the roughly 600-square mile (965 sq km) Hanford Site, the Army Corps of Engineers and the DuPont Corporation built massive plutonium production facilities along the Columbia River in Washington State and forever transformed the site itself and the surrounding communities.
Nov 16, 2023 · The story of the Manhattan Project at Hanford encompasses historic facilities and educational centers with the National Park Service, the US Department of Energy and the communities where Hanford workers and their families lived, which are all part of the Tri-Cities region today.
