DOI Designates B Reactor at DOE’s Hanford Site as a National Historic Landmark

25.08.08 - 23:57 ... source : U.S. Department of the Interior

... U.S. Department of the Interior NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Joann Wardrip, DOE, (202) 586-4940 Chris Paolino, DOI, (202) 208-6416 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 25, 2008 DOI Designates B Reactor at DOE's Hanford Site as a National Historic Landmark DOE to offer regular public tours in 2009 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Acting Deputy Secretary Jeffrey F. Kupfer today announced the designation of DOE's B Reactor as a National Historic Landmark and unveiled DOE's plan for a new public access program to enable American citizens to visit B Reactor during the 2009 tourist season. The B Reactor at DOE's Hanford Site in southeast Washington State was the world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor and produced plutonium for the atomic weapon that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan to end World War ...» Next (HTML)