Catalog of Hanford buildings and facilities: 300 area

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1964

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5948350· OSTI ID:5948350

For twenty years Hanford has been the chief producer of plutonium in the United States and in this capacity has made a major contribution to the security of this country. However, in the past few years it has become increasingly apparent that stockpile requirements of this material were declining and that a reduction in plutonium production was inevitable. Recognizing that shutdown of reactors and supporting facilities could have an unfavorable impact on the local economy, the Atomic Energy Commission has undertaken, in the past two years, a number of steps to stimulate diversification of the economic base of the region. One of the steps was establishment by AEC Headquarters of the ''Atomic Energy Commission-General Electric Company (AEC-GE) Study Group for the Economic Development of Richland,'' consisting of P.G. Holsted, AEC, and F.W. Albaugh, GE. In the course of its work, the Study Group concluded that a concise, but relatively comprehensive, description of the facilities at Hanford would be useful for use in diversification activities and, therefore, arranged for the complication and publication of this document.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (USA). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5948350
• Report Number(s): GEH-26434-300; ON: DE89014167
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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