Hanford
Washington nuclear site
Hanford is a city in central California, the seat of Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley.
More prominently, Hanford refers to the Hanford Site in Washington State, a nuclear production complex that manufactured plutonium for the Manhattan Project and Cold War weapons programs.
The site remains one of the most contaminated nuclear waste sites in the United States, subject to ongoing cleanup efforts: The Hanford cleanup will cost billions and take decades.
Controlled fission apparatus
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
isotope · neutron · half-life · reprocessing · irradiation · criticality · shielding · containment
Washington state city
- declassificationLifting official secrecy designations
- DuPontHistoric American chemical company
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- downwindersThose exposed to nuclear drift
Grouped adjacent municipalities
- RichlandWashington state city
- PascoWashington state city
- desertTo leave behind completely
- contractorHired construction professional
Act of correcting faults
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
Superfund · plume · tritium · strontium-90 · cesium-137 · monitoring
reactor
Controlled fission apparatus
radiation · isotope · neutron · half-life · reprocessing · irradiation · criticality · shielding · containment
Richland
Washington state city
- declassificationLifting official secrecy designations
- DuPontHistoric American chemical company
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
Tri-Cities
Grouped adjacent municipalities
remediation
Act of correcting faults
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
vitrification · Superfund · plume · tritium · strontium-90 · cesium-137 · monitoring
HanfordYellowstone
Original U.S. national park
Yosemite · pristine wilderness · national park · nature preserve · wildlife sanctuary
Hanfordsolar farm
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
wind farm · hydroelectric dam · green energy · Hoover Dam · sustainable power
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