Hanford Site
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The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It has also bee
Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the Columbia River in January 1960. The N Reactor is in the foreground, with the twin KE and KW Reactors in the immediate background. The historic B Reactor, the world's first plutonium production reactor, is visible in the distance.
Hanford High School before residents were displaced by the creation of the Hanford Site
Hanford High School after abandonment
Hanford workers line up for paychecks.
Columbia River
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The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the
Hanford Site
…The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It has also been known as Site W and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Established in 1943 as part of…
Columbia River from Rowena Crest with Interstate 84 on the right
The Columbia River Gorge facing east toward Beacon Rock
Drumheller Channels, part of the Channeled Scablands formed by the Missoula Floods
Panoramic view of Columbia River Gorge from Dog Mountain in Washington