Hanford Completes Second Tank-Waste Processing Campaign (Read more) Take a Virtual Tour Take a self-guided virtual tour of cleanup projects throughout the Hanford Site.

Oct 17, 2024 · This is the seventh chapter of The Hanford Story, a multimedia presentation that provides an overview of the Hanford Site—its history, today's cleanup activities, and a glimpse into the possibilities of future uses of the 580-square-mile government site in southeast Washington State.

Jan 20, 2025 · Nowhere in the DOE Complex is cleanup more challenging than at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. Hanford made more than 20 million pieces of uranium metal fuel for nine nuclear reactors along the Columbia River.

Nov 12, 2024 · Over 30 months, Hanford workers built 554 buildings, 386 miles of road, 158 miles of railroad, dozens of large underground tanks for radioactive and chemical waste, three massive plutonium extraction plants and the world's first three production-scale nuclear reactors.

Jan 13, 2025 · Hanford employees are actively involved in projects designed to prevent any more of the contamination from reaching the river. Several different strategies are being used in that effort. Learn more

This virtual tour offers 360 panoramic images of various places on the Hanford site. Navigate to locations through the menu, minimap, or clicking hotspots with a location icon. Other hotspots offer photos, video, and information about the location you are viewing.

Dec 19, 2024 · Hanford's mission requires critical infrastructure that provides power, water, electricity, roadways, and other services supporting environmental cleanup and the Hanford Site's transition to the 24/7 mission.

Jan 2, 2025 · Learn more about the world-changing history, science and engineering behind the Manhattan Project and B Reactor, as well as the history of Native American and early settler populations at the Hanford Site, with videos produced by the B Reactor Museum Association and the Atomic Heritage Foundation.

Jan 16, 2025 · The page provides information on requesting official documents as well as links to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Public Reading Room for Hanford and the Hanford Technical Library.

Jan 22, 2025 · A virtual tours website is available to the public for self-guided views of cleanup projects throughout the 580-square-mile Hanford Site. Features of the virtual tour include: Over 20 Hanford projects highlighted in a guided tour function that includes program descriptions