Posted on 12/22/2015 12:50:19 PM PST by PROCON
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park.
Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world's first full-sized nuclear reactor, near Richland, about 200 miles east of Seattle in south-central Washington.
They won't be allowed anywhere near the nation's largest collection of toxic radioactive waste.
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That's why I love the Tri-Cities. No snow now. When it does it usually only lasts a couple of days.
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