Hanford nuclear reservation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hanford_nuclear_reservation

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nuclear_site
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkbp:area	about 586 square miles
gptkbp:cleanupContractor	gptkb:Bechtel_National gptkb:CH2M_Hill gptkb:Washington_River_Protection_Solutions
gptkbp:cleanupCost	over $100 billion (projected)
gptkbp:cleanupTimeline	expected to last decades
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse	environmental cleanup
gptkbp:decommissioned	1987
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	groundwater contamination airborne contamination radioactive waste tanks
gptkbp:established	1943
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy_Richland_Operations_Office
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite	gptkb:B_Reactor
gptkbp:knownFor	radioactive waste largest environmental cleanup in U.S.
gptkbp:listedOn	gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:managedBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:nearestCity	gptkb:Kennewick gptkb:Richland gptkb:Pasco
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Green_Run_(1949_radioactive_release) gptkb:Hanford_downwinders_exposure gptkb:PUREX_tunnel_collapse_(2017) tank leaks discovery
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:B_Reactor gptkb:N_Reactor gptkb:PUREX_Plant
gptkbp:openToPublic	limited
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:producedPlutoniumFor	gptkb:Fat_Man_bomb gptkb:Nagasaki_bombing gptkb:Trinity_test
gptkbp:purpose	plutonium production
gptkbp:riverProtection	Columbia River protection program
gptkbp:superfundSite	yes
gptkbp:touredWith	gptkb:B_Reactor_tours
gptkbp:wasteType	high-level radioactive waste low-level radioactive waste transuranic waste underground tanks
gptkbp:website	https://www.hanford.gov/
gptkbp:wildlife	gptkb:Hanford_Reach_National_Monument
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:K-East_Reactor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hanford nuclear reservation