Hanford Site
Defunct American nuclear production site
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| July 2024 | The Department of Energy announced plans to construct a 1 GW solar array at the Hanford Site. |
| 2023 | Continued environmental cleanup with over 10,000 workers still employed in remediation activities. |
| 2022 | Cocooning of KE and KW Reactors is completed. |
| January 2022 | Demolition work on the Plutonium Finishing Plant was completed. |
| June 29 2021 | Hanford recorded Washington state's highest temperature, marking a significant climatic event in the region's meteorological history. |
| April 2021 | A potential radioactive leak was reported at the site, continuing the ongoing challenges of cleanup and waste management. |
| 2020 | The Washington Department of Ecology issued the Department of Energy a $1.065 million penalty for restricting direct access to facility data required for regulatory oversight. |
| 2018 | The American Physical Society designated the LIGO observatories as historic sites. |
| July 2017 | Demolition work on the Plutonium Finishing Plant began. |
| 2016 | Gravitational waves were detected at the LIGO Hanford Observatory. |
| November 10 2015 | B Reactor becomes part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. |
| March 2014 | The Department of Energy announced further delays in the construction of the Waste Treatment Plant, affecting the schedule for removing waste from the tanks. |
| 2012 | N Reactor is cocooned. |
| 2011 | The Department of Energy 'interim stabilized' 149 single-shell tanks by pumping nearly all liquid waste into 28 newer double-shell tanks. |
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