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A Summary of The Nuclear Weapons Cleanup Abstract Many people feel that nuclear weapons have served as a security mechanism for our nation. At what point is the security of our nation at more risk by having nuclear weapons and their wastes? The Hanford Nuclear Weapons Facility near Richmond in Washington made plutonium for atomic bombs to keep America safe from its enemies. This is the site where Energy Department reports show that sixteen times since 1987, seven times in 1991 alone, employees have been exposed to toxic gases, some resulting in permanent lung damage. This begs the question of, if it can happen to the employees, what keeps us, the public safe from the harmful gases and vapors? Are we really safe outside the gates of the nuclear facility? The interest in security of our nation led the leaders of the United States to place great emphasis on the “splitting” of atoms. By 1941 some of the most well known scientists were working on a project that would become to be know as the “Manhattan Dist