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The PUREX plant at the Hanford Site was responsible for producing 'copious volumes of liquid wastes', resulting in the radioactive contamination of groundwater. [12] Greenpeace measurements in La Hague and Sellafield indicated that radioactive pollutants are steadily released into the sea, and the air.
Hanford's U Plant was the third plutonium processing canyon built at the Hanford Site. Because the B and T Plants could process sufficient plutonium, it became a training facility. The bismuth-phosphate process was used to extract plutonium from irradiated uranium taken from nuclear reactors.
The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago.. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...
The Hanford Site occupies 586 square miles (1,518 km 2) – roughly equivalent to half the total area of Rhode Island – within Benton County, Washington. [1] [2] It is a desert environment receiving less than ten inches (250 mm) of annual precipitation, covered mostly by shrub-steppe vegetation.
The Hanford site has 149 single-shell tanks built as early as World War II storing waste until it is transferred to a limited number of tanks that better guard against leaks and then treated for ...
The vitrification plant at the Hanford site has hit a new milestone — pouring glass for the first time since construction began 21 years ago. “This marks another important step in ...
Hanford Site: Washington: REDOX, PUREX: Shut down 1944 1988 Military Savannah River Site: South Carolina: LWR PUREX: Shut down 5000 1952 2002 Civil West Valley LWR PUREX: Shut down 300 1966 1972 Civil Barnwell LWR Finished; never entered service 1500 INL LWR Shut down Morris Operation: Morris, Illinois
To register, go to manhattanprojectbreactor.hanford.gov. Those without internet access may contact the tour center by calling 509-376-1647. Those without internet access may contact the tour ...