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'''Hanford Site''' is a 586-square-mile decommissioned nuclear production complex in southeastern Washington, managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management since 1989 to address the environmental legacy of plutonium production for the Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear arsenal. Known as the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere, Hanford’s cleanup involves treating 56 million gallons of radioactive waste in 177 underground tanks, remediating 2,000 contaminated soil sites, and managing 200 square miles of polluted groundwater, guided by the 1989 Tri-Party Agreement with the EPA and Washington State Department of Ecology. | '''Hanford Site''' is a 586-square-mile decommissioned nuclear production complex in southeastern Washington, managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management since 1989 to address the environmental legacy of plutonium production for the Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear arsenal. | ||
Known as the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere, Hanford’s cleanup involves treating 56 million gallons of radioactive waste in 177 underground tanks, remediating 2,000 contaminated soil sites, and managing 200 square miles of polluted groundwater, guided by the 1989 Tri-Party Agreement with the EPA and Washington State Department of Ecology. | |||
{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.hanford.gov}} | {{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.hanford.gov}} | ||