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Former plutonium processing facility at Hanford coming down

August 28, 2023, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions

Work crews remove old infrastructure near the Hanford Site’s Cold War–era PUREX plant. (Photo: DOE)

Demolition is underway on several former chemical storage tanks and associated infrastructure near the Plutonium Uranium Extraction (PUREX) plant, the final and most advanced chemical separations facility at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of September.

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Former plutonium processing facility at Hanford coming down

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