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The Hanford Site includes 586 square miles, but only about ten percent has contamination. As cleanup continues, more land will be transitioned to the Hanford Reach National Monument shown in tan.

The Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, front and center, is the cornerstone of Hanford Cleanup. The white peaks of Washington state's Mt. Rainer (right) and Mt. Adams (left) can be seen from the air.

Map of the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant site.

This computer generated view looks north across Hanford from Richland, Washington. The Yakima River flows into the Columbia just below the drawing's lower right corner.

The City of Richland draws its drinking water downstream of the 300 Area, where several critical cleanup projects are underway. The water currently meets drinking water standards.

The Hanford Reach is the last free flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the U.S.

This computer graphic shows how radioactive contamination is leaking from underground storage tanks and moving through groundwater toward the Columbia River. Currently, the tank waste plumes are believed to be approximately 12 miles from the river.

The Hanford Reach of the Columbia River is the only free-flowing portion of the river in the U.S. The Reach is home to 70 percent of the Chinook salmon that spawn in the Columbia system.

The cities of Richland and Pasco are downstream from Hanford and get their drinking water from the Columbia River. Approximately one million people downstream use the river for water, recreation and livelihoods.

The endangered burrowing owl is found in the region surrounding the Hanford Site in south central Washington.

The White Bluffs across from Hanford are part of the Ringold formation, a geologic remnant of the Missoula Floods. Salmon benefit from the fast running natural stretch of river.

The decommissioned KE and KW Reactors. The rectangular structures to the left of the reactors are basins for used nuclear fuel. The fuel must be removed to safe storage.

Many different types of birds nest on the Hanford site.

Built in only 13 months as part of the Manhattan Project, the B Reactor was the first working nuclear reactor outside of Enrico Fermi's test reactor at the University of Chicago.