The Hanford Site, near
Richland, WA, is where they refined uranium into plutonium for atomic
bombs. Its 625 square miles contained
several manufacturing plants, housing for 45,000 workers, 8 reactors and
numerous supporting structures. It was
deactivated in 1989 after 46 years of operation. What remained were the byproducts, the most deadly radioactive chemicals and sludge ever created, stored
in 177 huge underground tanks, many of which have leaked. It's estimated that the tanks held 56 million gallons of waste, nearly 3 cups of glow-in-the-dark soup for every man, woman and child in the US.
To my knowledge, no colored
photos have been taken inside the tanks, at least none that have been released
to the public. So, we don’t know what those cauldrons of seething deadly
brew look like. They might look something like this.
Hanford 177
Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20"
Mike Delaney December, 2012
Given the season and the colors, another possible name comes to mind:
'Oops, I Dropped Christmas'
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