The 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.

4 天之前 · More than a dozen Department of Energy workers were fired this month at a Central Washington nuclear cleanup site, with at least 30 more federal workers taking buyouts, the latest in President Donald

4 天之前 · SEATTLE — The Trump administration's reported decision to fire hundreds of employees who were part of the nation's nuclear system, including some at the Hanford nuclear site in central ...

2025年1月17日 · Hanford 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.

6 天之前 · The Hanford site adjacent to Richland in Eastern Washington was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons work ...

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)

2024年12月23日 · Hanford Site, large U.S. nuclear site established during World War II for the production of plutonium, some of which was used in the first atomic bomb.

2025年1月20日 · Nowhere in the DOE Complex is cleanup more challenging than at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. Hanford made more than 20 million pieces of uranium metal fuel for nine nuclear reactors along the Columbia River.

2024年10月17日 · 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.

Nine nuclear reactors were built on the Hanford Site during World War II and the Cold War to produce plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program. The world's first full-scale plutonium production reactor, B Reactor, began operations in September 1944, followed soon by the other eight reactors in the following two decades.