Today, the Department of the Interior granted the Hanford Reactor B, which produced plutonium for the “Fat Man” nuclear bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki and currently sits on the site of the largest nuclear waste storage area in the country [wiki], National Historic Landmark status. This, from an administration that threatened earlier this year to cut cleanup funding by $600 million. [p-i]

But hey, locals are happy about this development, but I admit that I barely understand most of the words in this sentence: “Local officials have been seeking the landmark designation for years, hoping to save the reactor from being permanently cocooned as part of the cleanup of the highly contaminated site.” [times]