12017-09-11T08:25:57-07:00Julie Staggers58420c9f37f68a0a915996451a251470dfbd2024203689The installation of 64 single-shell stainless steel storage tanks began in January of 1945. The tanks, installed in clusters of two to 16 tanks in areas called the Tank Farms, hold between 55,000 and one million gallons of waste. Intended as a temporary solution for containing Hanford's liquid wastes, the original tanks were constructed of a single, carbon-steel container wrapped in concrete.plain2017-09-11T13:21:11-07:00Julie Staggers58420c9f37f68a0a915996451a251470dfbd2024