HANFORD, Wash. – If you’ve been planning to tour Hanford’s historic B Reactor, part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, don’t procrastinate. After the current tour season ...

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 northwest of Richland is the historic B Reactor built during World War II to develop the atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project. During the ride, a friendly guide delivers ...

The B Reactor became the first facility capable ... Though the reactor ceased operations in 1968, it was designated a ...

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 ...

The one on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington was the first full-scale nuclear reactor in the world. The B Reactor features hundreds of nozzles capping the metal process tubes ...

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.

Plans to close B Reactor to tours through at least 2025 have not changed. The Manhattan Project National Historical Park includes historic B Reactor at the Hanford nuclear site. It is open for bus ...