P Reactor

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nuclear reactor plutonium production reactor production reactor research and defense facility tritium production reactor

P Reactor was a plutonium and tritium production nuclear reactor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, built during the Cold War to support the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
P Reactor canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nuclear reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ production reactor ⓘ research and defense facility ⓘ tritium production reactor ⓘ
associatedWith	Cold War plutonium production ⓘ Cold War tritium production ⓘ
builtFor	U.S. national defense ⓘ
commissioned	1954 ⓘ
constructionStart	early 1950s ⓘ
coolant	heavy water ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decommissioningStatus	under decommissioning and deactivation ⓘ
designedFor	high neutron flux for isotope production ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
fuelType	natural uranium ⓘ
historicalSignificance	part of early U.S. production reactors for nuclear weapons ⓘ
locatedIn	Savannah River Site ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	Savannah River ⓘ
managedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
moderator	heavy water ⓘ
neighboringFacilities	C Reactor ⓘ D Reactor ⓘ K Reactor ⓘ L Reactor ⓘ R Reactor ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf	Savannah River Site ⓘ surface form: Savannah River Site reactor complex
partOfProgram	United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: U.S. nuclear weapons complex
permanentShutdown	1991 ⓘ
primaryProduct	tritium for nuclear weapons ⓘ weapons-grade plutonium ⓘ
purpose	plutonium production for nuclear weapons ⓘ support U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ tritium production for nuclear weapons ⓘ
reactorType	pressurized heavy water reactor ⓘ
region	Aiken County, South Carolina ⓘ Barnwell County, South Carolina ⓘ
regulatoryOversight	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
safetyStatus	permanently shut down ⓘ
shutdown	1991 ⓘ
site	Savannah River Site ⓘ surface form: Savannah River Site 100-P Area
startOfOperation	1954 ⓘ
successorManagingAgency	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Savannah River Site → formerFacility → P Reactor ⓘ

R Reactor → coLocatedWith → P Reactor ⓘ

L Reactor → neighboringReactor → P Reactor ⓘ