B Reactor
E5892
graphite-moderated reactor
historical industrial facility
nuclear reactor
plutonium production reactor
water-cooled reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| B Reactor canonical | 6 |
| B Reactor National Historic Landmark | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphite-moderated reactor
ⓘ
historical industrial facility ⓘ nuclear reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ water-cooled reactor ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Manhattan Project
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram | U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| builtBy | DuPont ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1944-09-26 ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1943 ⓘ |
| controlMechanism | control rods ⓘ |
| coolant | light water ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | plutonium production ⓘ |
| designPowerOutput | approximately 250 megawatts thermal ⓘ |
| firstCriticalityDate | 1944-09-26 ⓘ |
| fuelType | natural uranium ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation |
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit)
ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
|
| historicalUse | production of plutonium-239 ⓘ |
| listedIn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Benton County, Washington
ⓘ
Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford Site
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| managedBy | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| moderator | graphite ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| numberOfTubes | 2004 process tubes ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | DuPont ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hanford Site, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford Engineer Works
Manhattan Project ⓘ Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
|
| producedPlutoniumFor |
Fat Man
ⓘ
surface form:
Fat Man nuclear bomb
Trinity test device ⓘ World War II U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| reactorType |
graphite-moderated, water-cooled reactor
ⓘ
production reactor ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 1968-02-12 ⓘ |
| status |
decommissioned
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| tourOperator | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| worldRanking | first full-scale plutonium production reactor ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hanford Site
subject surface form:
Hanford Site
this entity surface form:
B Reactor National Historic Landmark