Hanford Site, Washington

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Superfund site United States Department of Energy facility nuclear production complex

Hanford Site, Washington is a large decommissioned nuclear production complex along the Columbia River that was central to U.S. plutonium production during and after World War II and is now one of the nation’s most challenging environmental cleanup sites.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
Hanford Site	40
Hanford Engineer Works	10
Hanford plutonium production complex	5
Hanford Nuclear Reservation	2
Hanford nuclear site	2
Hanford, Washington	2
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Hanford unit)	2
Columbia River corridor near Hanford Site	1
Hanford Generating Plant	1
Hanford Nuclear Reservation (off-route restricted area)	1
Hanford Site (historical weapons production)	1
Hanford Site 100-K Area	1
Hanford Site cleanup contractors	1
Hanford Site cleanup program	1
Hanford Site production reactors	1
Hanford Site region	1
Hanford Site tank farms	1
Hanford Site, Washington canonical	1
Hanford Site, Washington State	1
Hanford nuclear reservation	1
Hanford tank farms	1
Hanford underground waste tanks	1
Hanford, Washington, United States	1
Site W, Hanford production complex	1
T Plant, Hanford	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Superfund site ⓘ United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ nuclear production complex ⓘ
area	approximately 1,518 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 586 square miles ⓘ
builtFor	Manhattan Project ⓘ
cleanupContractor	Bechtel National, Inc. ⓘ Hanford Mission Integration Solutions ⓘ Washington River Protection Solutions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentPrimaryActivity	environmental cleanup ⓘ
environmentalConcern	Columbia River protection ⓘ groundwater contamination ⓘ soil contamination ⓘ
established	1943 ⓘ
governingAgreement	Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order ⓘ Tri-Party Agreement ⓘ
historicDesignation	Hanford Site, Washington self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Hanford unit)
knownFor	major Cold War plutonium production center ⓘ one of the most contaminated nuclear sites in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington state
locatedOnRiver	Columbia River ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
nearestCity	Richland, Washington ⓘ surface form: Kennewick, Washington Pasco, Washington ⓘ Richland, Washington ⓘ
notableFacility	B Reactor ⓘ surface form: B Reactor National Historic Landmark
originalOperator	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
partOf	U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
plutoniumProductionEnded	late 1980s ⓘ
producedMaterialFor	Fat Man ⓘ surface form: Fat Man atomic bomb Trinity test device ⓘ U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons stockpile ⓘ
reactor	B Reactor ⓘ C Reactor ⓘ D Reactor ⓘ D Reactor ⓘ surface form: DR Reactor F Reactor ⓘ H Reactor ⓘ K-East Reactor ⓘ K-West Reactor ⓘ N Reactor ⓘ
reactorType	graphite-moderated plutonium production reactor ⓘ
region	Benton County, Washington ⓘ Franklin County, Washington ⓘ Grant County, Washington ⓘ
regulator	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ
status	decommissioned nuclear production site ⓘ
storageFacility	underground double-shell tanks ⓘ underground single-shell tanks ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorProduction	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
wartimePurpose	plutonium production for nuclear weapons ⓘ
wasteType	high-level radioactive waste ⓘ mixed hazardous and radioactive waste ⓘ transuranic waste ⓘ

Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manhattan Project → site → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → responsibleFor → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

Hanford Site, Washington → historicDesignation → Hanford Site, Washington self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanford Site

this entity surface form: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Hanford unit)

United States Atomic Energy Commission → oversawFacility → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

MED → locationOfActivity → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

this entity surface form: Hanford, Washington

MED → oversawConstructionOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

B Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

B Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions → operatesAt → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

H Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

H Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site production reactors

H Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford plutonium production complex

C Reactor → location → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

C Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford plutonium production complex

D Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

D Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

D Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Nuclear Reservation

F Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

F Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

F Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford plutonium production complex

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → appliesToSite → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → regulatesFacility → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford nuclear site

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → location → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site, Washington State

Tri-Party Agreement → appliesToSite → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Tri-Party Agreement → hasGeographicFocus → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbia River corridor near Hanford Site

Washington River Protection Solutions → operatesAt → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Washington River Protection Solutions → associatedWith → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford tank farms

K-East Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

K-East Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford plutonium production complex

Project Y → relatedSite → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

K-West Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

K-West Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site 100-K Area

N Reactor → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

N Reactor → connectedTo → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Generating Plant

N Reactor → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford plutonium production complex

Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) → hasSisterSite → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Hanford unit)

Benton County, Washington → contains → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Benton County, Washington → knownFor → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford nuclear site

Franklin County, Washington → locatedNear → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford nuclear reservation

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford, Washington

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: T Plant, Hanford

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Site W, Hanford production complex

Richland, Washington → near → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site (historical weapons production)

U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office → oversees → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection → locatedAt → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Hanford production reactors → partOf → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Hanford production reactors → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Site

Hanford production reactors → locatedIn → Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: B Reactor

this entity surface form: Hanford Site