The plutonium for the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was made at Hanford’s B-Reactor. We got a tour of ... documentation of this building and T Plant, he has a shot of the front face that ...

Government negotiators are looking for a compromise. B Plant, the Hanford Site’s earliest plutonium processing facility in Washington State.Credit...Mason Trinca for The New York Times Supported ...

The B Reactor was the first large-scale nuclear ... which is key to cleaning up Hanford. The treatment plant will turn the waste from the deteriorating tanks into glass, which can then be stored ...

To register starting Monday, go to manhattanprojectbreactor.hanford.gov ... a runaway chain reaction that would blow the plant up. Supporters of B Reactor worked for more than a decade to get ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Department of Energy is taking strides in dealing with Hanford tank waste. The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is now testing key chemicals as part of ...

This is the Hanford site. During World War II ... The U.S. hastily built the world’s first industrial-scale nuclear reactor — the B Reactor — along with racially segregated barracks and ...

Another month of tours of historic B Reactor on the Hanford nuclear site will be offered before tours close at least through 2025. Once construction starts, possibly as soon as August, tours will ...

N Reactor and B Plant were deactivated. He also cited improvements in relations with the public, including creation of the Hanford Advisory Board with membership representing a broad range of ...

The Hanford nuclear site contractor operating the lab that analyzes highly radioactive tank waste samples earned 95% of its possible incentive pay for fiscal 2024, up from 74% in the previous ...

The full Hanford mission for the Department of Energy is to treat tank waste and remediate the environment. The location of the plutonium production plant originally was chosen due to its ...