DOE Hanford Site - 100 F Area

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F Reactor, partially torn down and approaching the "cocooned" state, was one of the Hanford Site's three original reactors. It went into production in February 1945 during World War II and was shut down in 1965. At startup, F Reactor used 35,000 gallons of Columbia River water per minute. Upgrades to the pumps and other systems in the late 1950s, to produce more plutonium, brought the reactor to the level where it was using about 65,000 - 70,000 gallons per minute of river water.

Upon completion, 100-F Area contained 29 permanent buildings and 24 facilities. During construction, the 100-B, 100-D, and 100-F Areas contained at least 50 temporary construction structures, and over 100 small support service structures including the Division Engineer's Office, Government Field Office, Layout Office, Cost Office, Safety Office, Labor and Concrete Office, Paint Office, Earthworks Office, Machine-Millwright and Sheet Metal Shop, Electrical Office and Shop, Transportation Office and Garage, Pipe Office and Shop, warming sheds, privies, check booths, miscellaneous sheds, guard/badge houses, and warehouses.