Interim safe-storage of the Hanford 105-C reactor

Engineering and planning has been initiated to determine the feasibility of reducing the 105-C reactor building footprint to a size adequate to ensure containment of any radioactive and hazardous materials that may escape from the reactor but still have access to areas around the reactor for surveillance purposes. The general concept is to remove the building structure such that the massive shield walls surrounding the reactor become the outside walls of the remaining building. A new roof system would be placed over the reactor using the shield walls for support