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Hanford

Proper noun

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An unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

A village in Staffordshire, England.

A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).

A city, the county seat of Kings County, in central California, United States.

A former small agricultural community located in Benton County, Washington, which was depopulated in 1943 in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.

A village and civil parish of Dorset, England.

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1940s – 1970s After the founding of the Hanford Site in 1943, Richland became the largest city of the three overnight. Source: Internet

2000s – present The 2000s saw continued rapid growth as the Hanford site hired hundreds of workers to help with the cleanup effort. Source: Internet

Aerial view of Hanford B-Reactor site, June 1944 As at Oak Ridge, the most difficulty was encountered while canning the uranium slugs, which commenced at Hanford in March 1944. Source: Internet

Analyses published in 2009 concluded that the sample originated at Oak Ridge, and was one of several sent to Hanford for optimization tests of the T-Plant until Hanford could produce its own plutonium. Source: Internet

A wooden test platform was erected convert from Ground Zero and piled with convert of TNT spiked with nuclear fission products in the form of an irradiated uranium slug from Hanford, which was dissolved and poured into tubing inside the explosive. Source: Internet

Disposition of Surplus Hanford Site Uranium, Hanford Site, Richland, Washington. Source: Internet

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