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| Keywords: DOE Hanford B Reactor Today.jpg en From the USDOE B Reactor the first full-size reactor in the world was the first reactor built on the Hanford Site It has received several national awards as a nuclear and engineering landmark and has the distinction of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places Near B Reactor in an area between the Columbia River and the reactor is a site where Bechtel Hanford Inc is removing contaminated soil When the reactors operated water pumped from the Columbia River circulated around the radioactive fuel to cool it while it was in the reactor This water was then sent through underground pipes to pond sites The water was temporarily kept there to allow it to both cool off in temperature and to let some of the short-lived radioactivity decay The water was then discharged to the river The dirt under and around the ponds became contaminated and it is this soil that is being excavated and taken to the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility ERDF The white trucks with orange containers are the haul trucks They are filled with contaminated soil and covered then checked for contamination on the cover and hauling container At 100-B/C Bechtel is sending an average of 55 trucks per day 20 tons/truck of contaminated soil/day to ERDF The soil and concrete debris are contaminated with low-level radionuclides The intent in the 100 Area is to remove the contamination away from the nearby Columbia River and place it in safe long-term storage at ERDF United States Department of Energy - Hanford Site website http //www hanford gov/ page 347 parent 326 United States Department of Energy Retrieved 23 October 2009 Public domain Original http //www hanford gov/hanford/images/TOUR-b-reactor-today jpg PD-USGov Hanford B Reactor Environmental restoration | ||||
