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Plutonium Finishing Plant, Waste Incinerator Facility, 200 West Area, Richland, Benton County, WA
Building 232-Z, a waste incinerator facility, was constructed to recover plutonium from miscellaneous solid wastes produced by the adjacent Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), the Plutonium Isolation Facility and the REDOX and PUREX plants in the 200 Areas on the Hanford Site. Known officially as the Contaminated Waste Recovery Process Facility, the 232-Z incinerator was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because it was a prototype for the incineration of contaminated wastes. 232-Z was unique for its equipment design and first-of-a-kind method of automating and executing the incineration of plutonium-bearing wastes. From 1961 to its closure in 1972, 232-Z recovered significant amounts of plutonium through the incineration of contaminated combustible scrap material.
Plutonium Finishing Plant, Waste Incinerator Facility, 200 West Area, Richland, Benton County, WA
Building 232-Z, a waste incinerator facility, was constructed to recover plutonium from miscellaneous solid wastes produced by the adjacent Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), the Plutonium Isolation Facility and the REDOX and PUREX plants in the 200 Areas on the Hanford Site. Known officially as the Contaminated Waste Recovery Process Facility, the 232-Z incinerator was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because it was a prototype for the incineration of contaminated wastes. 232-Z was unique for its equipment design and first-of-a-kind method of automating and executing the incineration of plutonium-bearing wastes. From 1961 to its closure in 1972, 232-Z recovered significant amounts of plutonium through the incineration of contaminated combustible scrap material.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
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Library of Congress
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Reduction-Oxidation Complex, Plutonium Concentration Facility, 200 West Area, Richland, Benton County, WA
Building 233-S, the Plutonium Concentration Facility, was constructed as part of the Reduction-Oxidation (REDOX) Canyon and Service Facility`s Phase II Capacity Increase on the Hanford Site. While 233-S is not individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, it does appear to merit consideration as a contributing element to a potential historic district centered on the adjacent REDOX canyon building (202-S) as both facilities were closely connected. Located adjacent to the north wall of 202-S, the 233-S building provided final purification and concentration of plutonium solutions using an ion-exchange process. In 1963 a chemical reaction in the exchange column in 233-S resulted in a fire that spread plutonium contamination throughout most of the building. After clean-up the facility was used for concentration of plutonium and neptuniun nitrate solutions from the REDOX plant until 1967, when both 233-S and REDOX were sealed off and retired from service.
Reduction-Oxidation Complex, Plutonium Concentration Facility, 200 West Area, Richland, Benton County, WA
Building 233-S, the Plutonium Concentration Facility, was constructed as part of the Reduction-Oxidation (REDOX) Canyon and Service Facility`s Phase II Capacity Increase on the Hanford Site. While 233-S is not individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, it does appear to merit consideration as a contributing element to a potential historic district centered on the adjacent REDOX canyon building (202-S) as both facilities were closely connected. Located adjacent to the north wall of 202-S, the 233-S building provided final purification and concentration of plutonium solutions using an ion-exchange process. In 1963 a chemical reaction in the exchange column in 233-S resulted in a fire that spread plutonium contamination throughout most of the building. After clean-up the facility was used for concentration of plutonium and neptuniun nitrate solutions from the REDOX plant until 1967, when both 233-S and REDOX were sealed off and retired from service.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
