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.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. A sign reads 'Welcome to N-Reactor Operated For The AEC By General Electric. Hanford Atomic Products Department'. General Electric members work in a communication room during the production of plutonium for any war and for the production of steam in 1959. Men speak over microphones. A man speaks into a telephone and moves towards a set of communication system. He presses a switch to raise an alarm. Many switches, dials, levers, blinking lights seen in the control room. In 1963 U.S. President John F Kennedy arrives at the Hanford nuclear power plant site to break ground for the construction of the nuclear power plant. He disembarks from a helicopter. He gives a speech. Other officials sit at the back on chairs and listen. People gathered in the front clap. An aerial view of the power plant. Interiors of the plant communication room and a generation area. Workers work in the plant. An aerial view of the nuclear power plant and the dual reactor facility. Electrical towers for electricity supply to homes and factories in the region.
Activities of the Atomic Energy commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. Women move inside the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory building. A scientist observes through binoculars. Deer on the ground. A scientist checks the effect of radioactive material on animals. An animal in a radioactive detection machine. Scientists on a boat take out fishes for checking the radioactive content in water. Birds in flight. A scientist observes the activities of the birds living in the area of radioactivity through binoculars. He observes the eggs of the birds. A woman scientist works on samples of plants in a laboratory to see how radioactivity moves from the soil to the plants through roots. The animals are being tested by the scientists.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. A scientist sits on the ground holding a small bucket. Pigs feed on the ground. The pigs are being tested for the radioactive content.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. A scientist checks the radioactive content in a pig lying on a table. A scientist performs a weather forecasting test. He releases a weather balloon and observes through an instrument. Gases are released in the atmosphere. A scientist works on a machine detecting the changes in uranium fuel element by heat and radiation. The hand of the scientist on the control of the machine. Scientists work on mosaics.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. An animation depicts that a satellite can be run by the heat from the decay of a few pounds of plutonium. Scientists protected by thick protective glasses study the radioactive materials by remote control devices. A scientist stands near an impact forge. A scientist picks up a piece of plutonium using tongs. The piece of plutonium is placed on the forge. Hands of the scientist on the control of a the machine. Plutonium is pressed to a high density. A plutonium recycle test reactor. A scientist pours a powdered fuel. Scientists work on different machines for compacting uranium and plutonium into fuel elements by ultra sound waves.