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Bookmark or Share- Hanford Site - WikipediaThe Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It has also been known as Site W and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
- The radioactive legacy of the Hanford nuclear reservation will live on ...Eighty years ago this September, the first industrial nuclear reactor went online near Richland, Washington, on what would become known as the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
- Hanford Site | History, Cleanup, & Facts | BritannicaIn 1947 the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, as it was then known, came under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Atomic Energy Commission. Plutonium production ceased briefly after the war but resumed in 1948 as the Cold War intensified. Five more reactors went into service between 1949 and 1955.
- Hanford Field Office - Department of EnergyHanford produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium used in the US nuclear weapons stockpile, including materials for the Trinity Test and atomic bombs used to help end World War II. Watch the video below to learn more about the Hanford site.
- Hanford SiteHanford Lab Makes Test Glass to Demonstrate Vitrification Process Readiness. (Read more) Take a self-guided virtual tour of cleanup projects throughout the Hanford Site. (Discover Hanford) Attend an upcoming public meeting or provide feedback during an open comment period. (Learn more)
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