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Test blasts may be heard near Hanford’s 300 Area

09.30.2010

On Monday, October 4, 2010, after 5 p.m., a Washington Closure Hanford subcontractor will be conducting two small test blasts in Hanford’s 300 Area, about one mile north of the Richland city limit. The purpose of the test blasts is to verify the strength of building concrete in preparation for the explosive demolition of the 337 Building, 337-B High Bay and the 309 Building stack on October 9.

The blasts may be heard by employees in nearby facilities and by members of the public on the Franklin County side of the Columbia River across from the 300 Area.

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