Hanford: Virtual Tours

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The massive front face of the B Reactor, the world first -full scale plutonium production reactor.

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Interact with virtual tours of Manhattan Project facilities at Hanford, Washington. Hanford was the site of plutonium production during the Manhattan Project. The plutonium produced at Hanford was used to fuel the Gadget, the world’s first nuclear test device, and Fat Man, the implosion-type atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. 

 
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B Reactor

Explore Hanford’s B Reactor, the world’s first industrial-scale plutonium production reactor.

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T Plant

Walk through Hanford’s T Plant, the first separations plant in the world constructed to chemically separate radioactive materials.

 

Last updated: July 19, 2024

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Mailing Address:

National Park Service, Manhattan Project National Historical Park
c/o NPS Intermountain Regional Office
One Denver Federal Center, Building 50
Denver, CO 80225-0287

Phone:

Hanford: 509.376.1647
Los Alamos: 505.661.6277
Oak Ridge: 865.482.1942

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