The White Bluffs near the Hanford Site.Greg Vaughn /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The area stretched along the Columbia River, covering hundreds of acres. The B Reactor was the ...

But still the riddle of Hanford remained — and the secret was kept." This time it was to supply the US with a nuclear arsenal during the Cold War. Six more reactors were built by 1955.

The reactors weren't all built at once but over a 20-year period from 1943 to 1963. Hanford produced 67 metric tons of plutonium in all. That's a little less than the weight of 10 African elephants.

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RICHLAND, Wash.–The Hanford Guard Unions is meeting with the Hanford Mission Integration Solutions on Monday to discuss a counter proposal regarding a recent lockout. Hanford Guards is asking ...

Though he started his naval career aboard diesel electric submarines, Lt. Carter began working with the Naval Reactors Branch of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission -- the Navy's nuclear submarine ...

Non-Blocking Reactive Streams Foundation for the JVM both implementing a Reactive Extensions inspired API and efficient event streaming support. Since 3.3.x, this repository also contains ...

It's about 150 miles southeast of Seattle. The Columbia River passes Hanford to the north and the east by a few miles, and it's downstream from two dams. The government wanted the site to be close to ...

Now startup California Thermodynamics is offering miniature nuclear reactors to produce synthetic fuel on site replacing everything from diesel to Jet A1, removing the need for the entire supply ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused one of Hanford’s biggest contractors of repeatedly billing the government for work that wasn’t done in a multi-million dollar ...

The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...