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Hanford Site
The Hanford Site occupies 1,517 km2 (586 mi2) in Benton County, south-central Washington, and is approximately half the total area of the state of Rhode Island (centered on ). It was established in 1943 during World War II as the Hanford Engineer Works, part of the Manhattan Project, to provide the plutonium necessary for the development of nuclear weapons.
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