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Hanford Nuclear Waste Site
Where do you feel the safest at? ... This is what happened to the surrounding communities around the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in central Washington State. “About 2 million people were exposed to environmental releases of radiation from Hanford’s nuclear weapons operations from 1944 to 1972” (Hutchinson). ...
Hanford is a nuclear waste facility located around the tri-city area called Richland, WA. Hanford was originally constructed in 1943 and operations began in 1945. ... Hanford succeeded and the U. ... In the years following, Hanford went through three major expansions: between 1947-1949 at costs of around $ 350 million dollars also from 1950-1952 was the first Korean War Expansion and from 1953-1955 was the second Korean War Expansion “Hanford’s major production period was from 1956-1963 and it began to phase down by 1964” (History).
Hanford puts out three different types of wastes: Airborne wastes, river borne wastes, and solid borne wastes. ... The first eight nuclear reactors at Hanford used large amounts of Columbia River water to cool the reactor cores. ... It is not know now what the health impact has been from the Hanford releases. However, given the uncertainties, the full impact of Hanford’s releases will probably never be know. ... “Hanford area residents are concerned that their exposure to radioactive materials has triggered such diseases. ... The government then “Constructed additional disposal capacity for LLW, MLLW, ILAW, and Waste Treatment Plant. Develop new capabilities both to treat MLLW and to certify most TRU waste for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico close onsite disposal facilities when they are no longer needed and initiate long-term stewardship activities” (ERC). ... ” (History) Today the government is heavily monitoring the site and surrounding area and the waste that is stored in underground tanks--149 old, single-walled carbon steel tanks, some dating back to the 1940s, and 28 newer, double-walled tanks. Any newly generated high-level waste would go to the double-walled tanks, which have been constructed over the course of the last two decades.
Approximate Word count = 1627
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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