How Did Hanford Build Nuclear Weapons

Hanford sits on a site in Southwestern Washington that is approximately 586- square miles of desert. Hanford began in 1943 building nuclear reactor plants to produce plutonium for the bomb that would end World War II. In the mid 1800’s according to the Hanford’s history site, the War Department decided to locate the Manhattan Project to this part of Washington and kept the work of developing the atomic weapons secret. So, all residents of Hanford and White Bluff were told to leave, given a small amount of money for their homes and farms that they were leaving behind as it was going to be too dangerous for them to stay. The building of these atomic weapons could cause a massive explosion and wipe out the whole state.

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