The T Tank Farm at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington has 16 of the nuclear reservation’s 149 single-shell, underground tanks holding highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste.

The T Tank Farm at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington has 16 of the nuclear reservation’s 149 single-shell, underground tanks holding highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste.

The T Tank Farm at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington has 16 of the nuclear reservation’s 149 single-shell, underground tanks holding highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste.

The T Tank Farm at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington has 16 of the nuclear reservation’s 149 single-shell, underground tanks holding highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste.

The report plans for most cleanup to be completed in 2086, with additional activities to manage the site, including environmental monitoring, continuing until 2100. To date $65 billion has been ...

FILE - Caution signs are shown at a gate on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Thursday, June 2, 2022, during a tour of the facility in Richland, Wash. by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

Here's how Hanford became so toxic. Hanford is built on a desert in Washington, spread over 586 square miles. An aerial view of the Hanford nuclear site from 1995.