D Reactor

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Manhattan Project facility graphite-moderated nuclear reactor military nuclear facility plutonium production reactor

D Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.

Aliases (1)

DR Reactor ×1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project facility → graphite-moderated nuclear reactor → military nuclear facility → plutonium production reactor →
associatedWith	plutonium production for early U.S. nuclear weapons → plutonium production for the Trinity test →
builtFor	U.S. nuclear weapons program →
commissioned	1944 →
completionDate	1944 →
constructionStartDate	1943 →
coolingMethod	once-through water cooling →
country	United States →
currentUse	historic industrial facility →
designedBy	DuPont →
firstCriticalityDate	1944 →
followedBy	F Reactor →
fuelType	natural uranium →
historicalPeriod	Cold War → World War II →
locatedIn	Benton County, Washington → Hanford Site → Washington State →
moderator	graphite →
near	Columbia River →
operator	DuPont → U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →
ownedBy	U.S. federal government →
partOf	Hanford Engineer Works → Hanford Nuclear Reservation → Manhattan Project →
partOfSeries	Hanford production reactors →
precededBy	B Reactor →
purpose	plutonium production for nuclear weapons →
safetyMeasures	remote desert location to limit population exposure →
shutdownDate	1967 →
siteType	restricted access nuclear site →
status	decommissioned →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hanford Site → Hanford Site ("DR Reactor") →	reactor
C Reactor →	followedBy
Hanford production reactors →	hasPart
F Reactor →	nearbyFacility
F Reactor →	sisterReactor