Happenings
- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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1946
12 March 1946- President Truman Announced the Cold War
1 August 1946- Atomic Energy Act Passed
1947
1947- 10 Year Expansion Began at Hanford
1948
October 1948- Twenty Eight Pounds of Uranium Leaked into Columbia
1948- First Radiation Safety Implemented at Hanford Site
1949
29 August 1949- The Soviet Union Detonated its First Bomb
December 1949- Operation Green Run Released 8,000curies of Radiation
1950
1950- First Cold War Expansion of Hanford
1951
January 1951- First of 119 Nuclear Tests Conducted at Nevada Test Site Began
January to July 1951- Broken Iodine Filters Leaked over 20,000curies of Iodine-131 into Atmosphere
1952
1953
July to September 1953- 250curies of Ruthenium Radiation Released at Hanford
8 December 1953- President Eisenhower Gave Atoms for Peace speech to UN
1953- Second Cold War Expansion of Hanford
1954
January 1954- Hanford Leaked 300curies of Ruthenium-106
30 August 1954- Eisenhower Signed New Atomic Energy Act
1 March 1954- Castle Bravo Test in Bikini Islands
1955
1955- Last Two Reactors Built at Hanford
March 1955- 200curies of Iodine-131 Released from Hanford
1956
1956- Purex Began Operations at Hanford
1957
1958
1959
May 1959- Construction of the N Reactor Began
1960
1960- Construction of the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Began
1961
1962
April 1962- Z Plant Released over 1,000curies of Radiation in 3 Days
1963
5 August 1963- The Limited Test Ban Treaty is Signed
26 September 1963- President Kennedy Broke the Ground for Hanford's Electric Plant
September 1963- 70curies of Iodine 131 Released at Hanford
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