Hanford Site

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…

entrance into the war and advances in atomic theory the stage was set for the development of nuclear weapons. The pressing question was who would develop them first and to what lengths would they go to achieve nuclear warfare capabilities. The Hanford site is a great example of both the technological advancement of the time and the urgency shown by the US government to develop nuclear weapons which left a trail of environmental and ethical issues in its wake. Nearly a year after Pearl Harbor,…

from Fermi’s group present to witness this initial successful experiment. Thereafter, the first reactor was dismantled and reassembled at the Metallurgical Laboratory, Argonne Lab Site A, in a more remote area off University of Chicago campus. Leona Woods continued working on the project Chicago Pile number two at Site A. In the course of the Manhattan project, she met John Marshall a coworker and fellow physicist. The two got married in July 1943. Soon after, Leona became pregnant with her…

Tuition, books, food, room and board are just some of the mounting expenses college students are faced with on a daily basis. The rising cost to attend college has left many questioning whether or not a college degree is really worth it. Emily Hanford, the author of the article entitled “The Value of a College Degree” writes that college is absolutely critical in order to have a successful future. She stresses that in today’s society those who do not receive college degrees are struggling to…

At Hanford, because of concerns about nuclear accidents and Cold War security constraints, the complex was situated on over 670 square miles of open, unoccupied land, as such, the natural environment of flora and fauna was free to exist with little to no threat…

which helped initiate the effort to build an atomic bomb. In December 1941 the government launched the Manhattan project. The project was originally named Development of Substitute Materials. It included over 30 different research and production sites. It took place in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Manhattan Project made three bombs: Gadget, Little Boy, and Fat Man. To get people to move there and participate they asked young people if they wanted to help out with the war. That was all they…

Manhattan District was established on 18 June 1942, was meant to appear to outsiders as another Army Corps of Engineers district, it was named after the city where its headquarters was located. There were three primary Manhattan Project sites - Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico - accounted for the bulk of the development and assembly work for the bomb, though important work took place in many places around the country. Manhattan was the location of key early…

Nazi Germany had outfitted itself very effectively for conflict. The technology they possessed was superior to the United States on many fronts. Tanks that could make quick work of ours, and fighters planes with jet engines that were immensely superior to propellers. While this gave Germany an advantage, they also knew that they were not infallible. With this in mind they began nuclear experiments, putting the United States in a fever when they heard about it. When Germany learned how to split…

There is also the issue of whether resolving the conflict between the two opposing sides will solve the problem the policy seeks to resolve. The risk is merely shifted to another population with the potential it will increase the safety of the overall population. Thus the policy as it was initially drafted, no matter how it plays out, the risk for some will continue for thousands of years. Yet a policy that bring about a solution that reforms the energy production would have been better suitable…

differing contexts and stages of local climate action planning. This section of the report outlines the research design and objectives. Interviews and climate plans were evaluated from several cities, three case studies were selected as the primary sites of inquiry to gain a detailed understanding of how climate plans are designed, implemented, and maintained in various contexts. Through this understanding The Oregon BlueGreen Alliance can identify opportunities to pursue their mission of…