F Reactor

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graphite-moderated reactor nuclear reactor plutonium production reactor water-cooled reactor weapons-grade plutonium production facility

F 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.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	graphite-moderated reactor → nuclear reactor → plutonium production reactor → water-cooled reactor → weapons-grade plutonium production facility →
associatedWithEvent	development of the first U.S. nuclear weapons →
builtFor	Manhattan Engineer District →
cleanupProgram	Hanford Site environmental remediation →
commissioningDate	1945-02-25 →
constructionStartDate	1943 →
coolant	river water →
coolantSource	Columbia River →
country	United States →
designedBy	DuPont →
environmentalConcern	radioactive contamination of soil and groundwater →
firstCriticalityDate	1945-02-25 →
fuelCladding	aluminum →
fuelType	natural uranium metal →
heritageDesignation	part of Hanford historic Manhattan Project resources →
historicalPeriod	World War II →
historicalUse	production of plutonium for Cold War nuclear arsenal →
locatedIn	Benton County, Washington → Hanford Site → Washington State →
managedBy	U.S. Department of Energy (during cleanup era) →
moderatorMaterial	graphite →
nearbyFacility	B Reactor → D Reactor →
operator	DuPont → General Electric → U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →
ownedBy	United States government →
partOf	Hanford Engineer Works → Hanford plutonium production complex → Hanford single-pass production reactors → Manhattan Project →
purpose	production of plutonium for nuclear weapons → support of U.S. nuclear weapons program →
reactorType	single-pass production reactor →
safetyFeature	multiple independent cooling systems →
shutdownDate	1965-06-23 →
sisterReactor	B Reactor → D Reactor →
status	cocooned → decommissioned →
technology	graphite neutron moderator →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D Reactor →	followedBy
Hanford production reactors →	hasPart
Hanford Site →	reactor