What does HAN stand for?

Hydroxylamine Nitrate

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The last one that he recalled occurred in May 1997, when a 400-gallon tank containing the plutonium stripping agent hydroxylamine nitrate exploded and exposed workers to a toxic plume.

`Take-cover' alarm at Hanford: Source of odor a mystery

Investigators concluded the blast occurred after two chemicals - nitric acid and hydroxylamine nitrate - were left in a tank for four years and became volatile as a result of evaporation, leaving an unstable mixture.

BLAST AT HANFORD PLANT RESULTS IN FINES

The tank contained a plutonium stripping agent known as hydroxylamine nitrate and gaseous nitric acid, which are toxic but not radioactive.

HANFORD REPORT: CHAOS AFTER BLAST

A preliminary investigation found that the explosion in the 408-gallon tank was caused by evaporation of a liquid solution of hydroxylamine nitrate and nitric acid, creating nitrogen gas.

HANFORD WORKERS COMPLAIN OF SYMPTOMS, TO GET EXAM AT HARBORVIEW

A preliminary investigation concluded the 408-gallon tank contained less than 40 gallons of a liquid solution of hydroxylamine nitrate and nitric acid, said Ron Gerton, chairman of an Energy Department team investigating last Wednesday's blast.

HANFORD BLAST TIED TO CHEMICALS STORED IN ENERGY DEPT. BUILDING

The explosion occurred in a metal tank containing hydroxylamine nitrate, an oxidant similar to salt.

HANFORD BLAST STILL MYSTERY