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Contractors work on nuclear reactor and a plant for processing nuclear waste in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. The Atomic Energy Commission at the Richland Headquarters for the Hanford work. A General Electric company worker works at machines and equipment. An aerial view of the Hanford plant shows nuclear reactors and separation plants. Workers work at the separation machinery to separate plutonium from uranium. Uranium rods in a wooden box are carried. An animation of a uranium rod shows fissionable uranium content and the process of conversion of non fissionable uranium to plutonium. Workers in an elevator are lowered. Workers at the reactor load the reactor with fuel. Water being used as a coolant in the reactor. A water purification plant. Other workers remove the used up uranium from the rear end of the reactor. The used up fuel is disposed in water tanks. More radioactive materials are carried in a railroad. Materials are taken to another plant. A worker operates a crane. The aluminum cladding is removed. The crane lowers the fuel. The fuel is changed to three useful products inside the plant. Workers at the plant process uranium for further use. Solid uranium is placed in a cylindrical containers. A machine lifts the containers and places it on a flat car. A chart shows injury free days in various plants.

Date: 1966
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032079
U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia at the Atomic Energy Commission's Hanford Works Near Richland, Washington

A large crowd gathers to welcome U.S. President Richard Nixon at a public ceremony near Richland, Washington, at the site of the Hanford Works nuclear facility. Marine One helicopter visible parked behind the crowd. President Nixon and First Lady Patricia stand on a platform and wave the crowd. The crowd cheers for them. Other dignitaries accompany them on stage. The officials walking down steps after the speech. Those visible include Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, then Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission James Schlesinger, and Washington State Governor Daniel J. Evans.

Date: 1971, September 26
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057402
A guard checks the vehicles passing through Camp Hanford entrance at Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. Sign on Guard shack at entrance to Hanford site reads 'All Vehicles Stop For Inspection'. Vehicles pass through the check post which is manned by a guard. A car stops. The guard opens the door of the car and checks. He opens the trunk of the car and checks.

Date: 1947
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032064
Technicians of the Atomic Energy Commission collect samples and work on equipment in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. The side of a car reads 'Atomic Energy Commission'. A technician comes out of the car. He places a radiation monitoring instrument on a pole and picks up a cylindrical piece of equipment. He removes a polythene cover from the equipment and fixes it to the instrument. Technicians work on a vehicle. A technician uses a pipette to take out a liquid from a bottle. He drops the liquid on a plate. He takes the sample and puts it into a machine. A technician uses a suction device to collect a sample of soil from the ground. He places a Geiger counter or other radiation monitoring gauge on the ground.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032065
Technicians wearing protective suit work in radiation zone at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A technician wearing protective gear takes a reading from a gauge in radiation zone. He moves the valve of the gauge. A sign on a door reads 'Radiation Zone'. The technician opens the door to leave the area. He is met by Health Physics technician who uses scanning equipment to measure radiation on him after he removes his protective clothing and places it in a box. The protective gear reads 'SWP' (Special Work Permit). He then proceeds to a step-off pad where he removes his boots and respirator which are also boxed up, as contaminated.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032066
Using a schematic drawing, an engineer explains the working of an atomic reactor at Hanford Camp, in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. An engineer explains the working of an atomic reactor. He refers to a schematic drawing. He refers to notes and points out features of the atomic reactor.

Date: 1947
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032067