reactor was constructed to generate nuclear power for civilian use when the reactor building completed nineteen sixty three. to break for the construction of the power plant. and i think it's very appropriate that we . were there not just been done to battle but not. find a chance to strike a blow. to find a chance to strike a blow for a better life. this is a great while i can assure you. and from the work we began today. that life worked out. for the electricity. that relies on the united states. providing security for our people. you know. but. since the production of plutonium ceased in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven cleanup has been the only mission at the nuclear reservation there are fifty three million gallons of high level radioactive and chemical waste and fraud stored in one hundred seventy seven underground tanks seventy of these tanks have leaked spilling proximately one million gallons of waste into the soil. after washington is a wasteland of leaking radioactive waste that will be with us for decades and decades probably centuries to come and it's currently costi