Review of the Final Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3

by Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Division on Earth and Life Studies, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutonium?approximately two-thirds of the nation's stockpile. Production processes generated radioactive and other hazardous wastes and resulted in airborne, surface, subsurface, and groundwater contamination. Presently,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309495210
• ISBN13: 9780309495219
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"