B Reactor

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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.

Aliases (1)

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 →
designedFor	plutonium production →
designPowerOutput	approximately 250 megawatts thermal →
firstCriticalityDate	1944-09-26 →
fuelType	natural uranium →
hasHeritageDesignation	Manhattan Project National Historical Park →
historicalUse	production of plutonium-239 →
listedIn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	Benton County, Washington → Hanford Site → United States → 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 Engineer Works → Manhattan Project → Manhattan Project National Historical Park →
producedPlutoniumFor	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)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
C Reactor → D Reactor →	precededBy
Hanford production reactors →	hasPart
F Reactor →	nearbyFacility
Hanford Site ("B Reactor National Historic Landmark") →	notableFacility
Hanford Site →	reactor
F Reactor →	sisterReactor