The Hanford Story: River Corridor

This is the seventh chapter of The Hanford Story, a multimedia presentation that provides an overview of the Hanford Site—its history, today's cleanup activities, and a glimpse into the possibilities of future uses of the 586-square-mile government site in southeast Washington State.

[augdog]

The amount of contamination cannot be measured. By this I mean there was unregulated discharges of high level transuranic waste into the Columbia River for decades. There will always be contamination on this site.
I also love how colourful and friendly the video is, it really makes you feel like the whole project wasn't nearly as enviromentally disasterous..

[hoslo]

Cleanup, is beyond the scope of mankind's capability.
Presently, a number of quite positive individuals hope for stabilization, some day.
Our 2nd largest river...  what were they thinking???

[fermat]

My family hails from Kennewick. It's fascinating to have some glimpse of Hanford. I think it will be decades before that land is restored, but at least there is movement in the proper direction.

[augdog]

The amount of contamination cannot be measured. By this I mean there was unregulated discharges of high level transuranic waste into the Columbia River for decades.
How much has been moved is an unanswerable question.

[Miguel_El_Chileno]

Ozersk, Chelyabinsk, Russia and Richland, n Washington State, USA should be Friendship Cities