“Unlike B Reactor, it was not all dressed up for visitors,” he said. The plan for eight of Hanford’s nine reactors once used ... distribution of dust on the floor, Moren said.

The U.S. Department of Energy plans to open the historic B Reactor at the Hanford ... ago next month -- neither Hanford's existence or construction of subsequent reactors were meant to be secret.

Five reactors based on the B Reactor design were built at Hanford from 1947 to 1955, and it continued to produce plutonium until 1968. “The B Reactor provides a tangible link to world-changing ...

EPA is a Hanford regulator. The Washington state Department of Ecology has taken the regulatory lead on cleanup of the area around the reactors, but final sign-off on the plan was required from EPA.

Hanford is a place of profound contrast. Along the bank of the Columbia River in south-central Washington, an expanse of windswept desert plateau teems with wildlife, despite being designated as ...

RICHLAND — A key Department of Energy report is recommending that the K East Reactor be torn down rather than put into long-term storage like most of Hanford’s other reactors. DOE will take ...

RICHLAND -- School children will be allowed inside Hanford's historic B Reactor for the first time this year. The Department of Energy announced Friday that the age limit for visiting B Reactor ...

Hanford’s historic B Reactor appears close to becoming part of a new national park after the U.S. House Rules Committee released the annual bill that authorizes military policy overnight Tuesday.

The president of the B Reactor Museum Association, Maynard Plahuta, said concerns about expenses, safety and liability could be overcome. The B Reactor produced the material for the atomic bomb ...