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Touring Ethel in United States

Ethel in the region of Washington is a city located in United States - some 2,196 mi or ( 3534 km ) West of Washington , the country's capital city .

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Time in Ethel is now 10:46 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Los Angeles " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Boise, Pendleton, Portland, Bettie, and East White Bluffs. Being here already, consider visiting Boise . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Ethel ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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B Reactor

The B Reactor at the Hanford Site, near Richland, Washington, USA, was the first large-scale nuclear reactor ever built. The project was commissioned to produce plutonium-239 by neutron activation as part of the Manhattan Project, the United States nuclear weapons development program during World War II. The B reactor was fueled with metallic natural uranium, graphite moderated, and water-cooled. It has been designated a U.S.

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Located at 46.63 -119.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Benton County, Washington, Graphite moderated reactors, Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, History of physics, Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state), Infrastructure completed in 1944, Manhattan Project, Military nuclear reactors, National Historic Landmarks in Washington (state), Nuclear history of the United States, Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States, Proposed museums in the United States, Visitor attractions in Benton County, Washington

Hanford Site

The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR.

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Located at 46.65 -119.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Washington (state), Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state), Columbia River, Environmental disasters in the United States, Geography of Benton County, Washington, Geography of Washington (state), History of Washington (state), Manhattan Project, Military Superfund sites, Nuclear history of the United States, Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States, Radioactive waste repositories, Tri-Cities, Washington, United States Department of Energy facilities, Visitor attractions in Benton County, Washington

N-Reactor

The N-Reactor was a graphite-moderated nuclear reactor constructed during the Cold War and operated by the U.S. government at the Hanford Site in Washington; it began production in 1963. It was a one-of-a-kind design in the U.S. , being both a power reactor used to feed the civilian electrical power grid via the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS), and a plutonium production reactor for nuclear weapons. N-Reactor was built with a confinement building instead of a containment building.

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Located at 46.67 -119.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Graphite moderated reactors

Arid Lands Ecology Reserve

The Arid Land Ecology Reserve is the largest tract of shrub-steppe ecosystem remaining in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (which is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Institute). The 320 km² area is a portion of the 1500 km² National Environmental Research Park located on the Hanford Site on the northwest boundary of Richland, Washington.

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Located at 46.69 -119.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Flora of Washington (state), Natural history of Washington (state), Nature reserves in Washington (state), Protected areas of Benton County, Washington

Hanford Reach National Monument

The Hanford Reach National Monument is a national monument in the U.S. State of Washington. It was created in 2000, mostly from the former security buffer surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Hanford Site). The area has been untouched by development or agriculture since 1943. The monument is named after the Hanford Reach, the last non-tidal, free-flowing section of the Columbia River in the United States, and is one of only two National Monuments administered by the U. S.

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Located at 46.69 -119.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Columbia River, National Monuments in Washington (state), Protected areas established in 2000, Protected areas of Adams County, Washington, Protected areas of Benton County, Washington, Protected areas of Franklin County, Washington, Protected areas of Grant County, Washington, United States Fish and Wildlife Service