The public will get a chance to tour B Reactor, the main attraction of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park’s Hanford site, before it is shut down for repairs later this year.

Tucked away in the desert at the Hanford site northwest of Richland is the historic B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor built during World War II to develop the atomic bomb.

For those unfamiliar with the area, there’s a lot of information to take in. The B Reactor at the Hanford site was the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor. Here, scientists and engineers ...

Click to see the slideshow The nuclear reservation's beauty masks a deadly desert of radioactive waste, decrepit structures and fouled earth Booking a tour • Hanford tours are free and can be ...

The U.S. Department of Energy plans to open the historic B Reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation to the public on Saturdays this spring. Plans are still tentative and more information will be ...

As the birthplace of the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, Hanford witnessed unprecedented human achievements in science, technology and engineering. That first unit, the B Reactor ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: On Oct. 16, 2024, about 100 Tri-Cities area leaders and people who worked to preserve Hanford’s historic B Reactor as part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park ...