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Plutonium Processing Plant Deactivated

June 20, 1997
Hanford, WA
Plutonium Processing Plant Deactivated

The Plutonium Uranium Extraction Facility (PUREX), the largest of the Nation's Cold War plutonium processing plants, is deactivated a year ahead of schedule.

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