Hanford turns 70





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Hanford reactor (inside)






It was on March 22, 1943, that construction began at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The site was used to produce plutonium for the atomic bomb that brought an end to World War II.

In recognition of this historic anniversary, the state’s Digital Archives retrieved two photos of Hanford taken around 1975. The photo above shows the control room at Hanford’s Fast Flux Test Facility. The photo below was taken outside the facility. The photos are found in the Digital Archives’ General Subjects Photograph Collection, 1845-2005.





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Hanford reactor (outside)
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