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Eighty years ago, in the arid expanse of southeastern Washington state, history was quietly — and powerfully — made at the Hanford Site. (Read more) Take a Virtual Tour
This virtual tour offers 360 panoramic images of various places on the Hanford site. Navigate to locations through the menu, minimap, or clicking hotspots with a location icon. Other hotspots offer photos, video, and information about the location you are viewing.
6 days ago · Hanford Mission. Mission: Safely and effectively treating tank waste and delivering environmental remediation. Key Site Activities. Safe and secure operations. Manage, treat and disposition tank waste. Stabilize aging structures. Demolish retired facilities. Remediate waste sites. Treat contaminated groundwater.
Nov 11, 2024 · Hanford Careers. At Hanford, DOE is responsible for one of the largest nuclear cleanup efforts in the world, managing the legacy of five decades of nuclear weapons production. The agency’s mission is focused on safely and effectively treating tank waste and delivering environmental remediation.
Apr 18, 2021 · Learn more about the world-changing history, science and engineering behind the Manhattan Project and B Reactor, as well as the history of Native American and early settler populations at the Hanford Site, with videos produced by the B Reactor Museum Association and the Atomic Heritage Foundation.
Oct 17, 2024 · 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.
Nov 12, 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.
Oct 23, 2024 · About Hanford Cleanup. Hanford Cleanup Overview. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program. The process of making plutonium was extremely “inefficient” in that a massive amount of liquid and solid waste is generated, while only a small amount of plutonium is produced.
Oct 3, 2024 · Contracting. Hanford Prime Contractors. A workforce numbering more than 13,000 people is involved in the day-to-day operations of Hanford cleanup. The Hanford Field Office oversees the cleanup work, which is done by several prime contracting agencies.
Oct 29, 2024 · Hanford's mission requires critical infrastructure that provides power, water, electricity, roadways, and other services supporting environmental cleanup and the Hanford Site's transition to the 24/7 mission.
