Paul Christian Gordon

Hanford Reach National Monument

Franklin County, Washington: Tumbleweeds gathered in a ravine along the Columbia River at the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument. Across the river is the Hanford Site, the mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex, home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world built as part of the Manhattan Project.

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Franklin County, Washington: Tumbleweeds gathered in a ravine along the Columbia River at the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument. Across the river is the Hanford Site, the mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex, home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world built as part of the Manhattan Project.