Hanford production reactors

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dual-purpose reactor graphite-moderated reactor nuclear reactor series plutonium production reactor plutonium production reactor complex

The Hanford production reactors were a series of plutonium-producing nuclear reactors built during and after World War II at the Hanford Site in Washington State as part of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Hanford production reactors canonical	3
B Reactor, Hanford	1
Hanford B Reactor	1
Hanford Engineer Works plutonium production reactors	1
Hanford production reactor complex	1
Hanford single-pass production reactors	1
K Area at Hanford	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dual-purpose reactor ⓘ graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ nuclear reactor series ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor complex ⓘ
associatedWith	radioactive contamination at Hanford Site ⓘ
coolant	pressurized water ⓘ water-cooled ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedBy	DuPont ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
firstCriticality	1944 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ
fuelType	natural uranium ⓘ
hasPart	B Reactor ⓘ C Reactor ⓘ D Reactor ⓘ DR Reactor ⓘ F Reactor ⓘ H Reactor ⓘ K-East Reactor ⓘ K-West Reactor ⓘ N Reactor ⓘ
locatedIn	Benton County, Washington ⓘ Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
locatedOn	Columbia River ⓘ
notableFor	world's first full-scale plutonium production reactor ⓘ
numberOfReactors	9 ⓘ
operator	DuPont ⓘ General Electric ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site
producedPlutoniumFor	Fat Man ⓘ surface form: Fat Man nuclear bomb Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity test
program	Manhattan Project ⓘ U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ
purpose	electricity generation ⓘ plutonium production ⓘ plutonium production for nuclear weapons ⓘ
reactorType	graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ
startConstruction	1943 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ
status	permanently shut down ⓘ

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

D Reactor → partOfSeries → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

F Reactor → partOf → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford single-pass production reactors

K-East Reactor → namedAfter → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: K Area at Hanford

K-West Reactor → partOf → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: B Reactor, Hanford

X-10 graphite reactor → relatedFacility → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford B Reactor

X-10 Project → followedBy → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford Engineer Works plutonium production reactors

R Reactor → precededBy → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

DR Reactor → partOf → Hanford production reactors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanford production reactor complex