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 ...

The tube held the first bit of plutonium created at the B Reactor, the world’s first nuclear plant. National Park Service visitors to Hanford’s B Reactor sit in front of the towering front ...

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 ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon ...

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 ...

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 ongoing cold ...

This summer the Hanford vitrification plant, where construction started in 2002, is expected to begin turning some of the least radioactive tank waste into a stable glass form for disposal at Hanford.

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 ...

Hecate identified the large expanse of open ground alongside high-voltage transmission lines at Hanford as a potential site for its plant several ... 20 miles south of B Reactor, the world ...