Hanford Site

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf decommissioned nuclear production complex
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1992
gptkbp:area approximately 586 square miles
gptkbp:B_Reactor National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:cleanupProject gptkb:Hanford_Environmental_Restoration_Project
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse environmental cleanup
gptkbp:employs over 50,000 workers
gptkbp:environmentalImpact groundwater contamination
nuclear waste storage tanks
radioactive waste
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkb:U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkb:Washington_State_Department_of_Ecology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hanford Site
gptkbp:location gptkb:Benton_County,_Washington,_USA
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Kennewick,_Washington
gptkb:Pasco,_Washington
gptkb:Richland,_Washington
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Atomic_Frontier_Days:_Hanford_and_the_American_West
gptkb:Made_in_Hanford:_The_Bomb_That_Changed_the_World
gptkb:On_the_Home_Front:_The_Cold_War_Legacy_of_the_Hanford_Nuclear_Site
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Hanford_Downwinders
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hanford_Tank_Leaks
first full-scale plutonium production reactor
plutonium for Fat Man bomb
plutonium for Trinity test
radioactive releases
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hanford_Reach
gptkb:White_Bluffs
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Hanford:_A_Legacy_of_Hope
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:B_Reactor
gptkb:K-East_Reactor
gptkb:K-West_Reactor
gptkb:N_Reactor
gptkb:PUREX_Plant
gptkb:T_Plant
gptkbp:notableWildlifeRefuge gptkb:Hanford_Reach_National_Monument
gptkbp:numberOfReactors nine
gptkbp:openToPublic limited, tours available
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Manhattan_Project_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:purpose plutonium production for nuclear weapons
gptkbp:river gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:website https://www.hanford.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2