B Reactor Museum Association Information
The B Reactor Museum Association, or BRMA, is a non-profit "all-volunteer association of individuals and groups" that originally formed in 1990 to advocate for the preservation of the B Reactor, the world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor near Richland, Washington. [1] The B Reactor, located at the Hanford site, was built in 1943 to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project, the United States' nuclear weapons development program during World War II. [1] At the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s, all plutonium production ceased at Hanford. As part of the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan to clean up the Hanford site, all reactors on site were each set to be "cocooned" under a protective structure until the radiation had decayed enough to be demolished, a 75-year-long process. [2] During the 1990s, DOE headquarters is purported to have released a statement that said, "We are not in the museum business." [3] [4]
Prior to BRMA, local organizations such as the Tri-City Technical Council ("an umbrella organization of representatives from the 20-some scientific and engineering societies that were active in the Tri-Cities") encouraged the formation of an association to preserve B Reactor. [3] Concerned over the DOE's lack of plans for historic preservation, BRMA was founded to save the reactor and make it a public museum. [2]
BRMA members are largely a group of "former Hanford employees, public historians, and local residents." [5]
- ^ a b "B Reactor". B Reactor Museum Association. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b Scott, Chey (October 31, 2019). "A museum and park, Hanford's 75-year-old B Reactor is a vital reminder of the nuclear age's extraordinary potential and devastating power". Inlander.
- ^ a b Ballard, Del (2016-06-01). "B Reactor 70th Anniversary Address". B Reactor Museum Association.
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^ Cary, Annette (December 07, 2022).
"Tri-Cities earns national honor given to just one place in Washington state". Tri-City Herald.
{{ cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=( help) - ^ Bauman, Robert (2007). "Teaching Hanford History in the Classroom and in the Field". The Public Historian. 29 (4): 45–55. doi: 10.1525/tph.2007.29.4.45. ISSN 0272-3433.
B Reactor Museum Association Information
The B Reactor Museum Association, or BRMA, is a non-profit "all-volunteer association of individuals and groups" that originally formed in 1990 to advocate for the preservation of the B Reactor, the world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor near Richland, Washington. [1] The B Reactor, located at the Hanford site, was built in 1943 to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project, the United States' nuclear weapons development program during World War II. [1] At the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s, all plutonium production ceased at Hanford. As part of the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan to clean up the Hanford site, all reactors on site were each set to be "cocooned" under a protective structure until the radiation had decayed enough to be demolished, a 75-year-long process. [2] During the 1990s, DOE headquarters is purported to have released a statement that said, "We are not in the museum business." [3] [4]
Prior to BRMA, local organizations such as the Tri-City Technical Council ("an umbrella organization of representatives from the 20-some scientific and engineering societies that were active in the Tri-Cities") encouraged the formation of an association to preserve B Reactor. [3] Concerned over the DOE's lack of plans for historic preservation, BRMA was founded to save the reactor and make it a public museum. [2]
BRMA members are largely a group of "former Hanford employees, public historians, and local residents." [5]
- ^ a b "B Reactor". B Reactor Museum Association. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b Scott, Chey (October 31, 2019). "A museum and park, Hanford's 75-year-old B Reactor is a vital reminder of the nuclear age's extraordinary potential and devastating power". Inlander.
- ^ a b Ballard, Del (2016-06-01). "B Reactor 70th Anniversary Address". B Reactor Museum Association.
-
^ Cary, Annette (December 07, 2022).
"Tri-Cities earns national honor given to just one place in Washington state". Tri-City Herald.
{{ cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=( help) - ^ Bauman, Robert (2007). "Teaching Hanford History in the Classroom and in the Field". The Public Historian. 29 (4): 45–55. doi: 10.1525/tph.2007.29.4.45. ISSN 0272-3433.