X-10

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X-10 is the project code name for the Clinton Pile, an early nuclear reactor facility associated with the Manhattan Project.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manhattan Project facility
graphite-moderated reactor
nuclear reactor
research reactor
alsoKnownAs Clinton Pile NERFINISHED
X-10 Graphite Reactor NERFINISHED
associatedWith Clinton Engineer Works NERFINISHED
Hanford Site NERFINISHED
Oak Ridge National Laboratory NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1943-02-02
coolant air
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedBy DuPont NERFINISHED
Eugene Wigner NERFINISHED
Manhattan Project engineers
designType graphite-moderated, air-cooled, natural-uranium reactor
era World War II
field nuclear engineering
nuclear physics
firstCriticalityDate 1943-11-04
fuelForm uranium metal slugs
fuelType natural uranium
hasComponent air cooling system
concrete biological shield
graphite moderator blocks
horizontal fuel channels
heritageDesignationBy United States National Park Service NERFINISHED
heritageDesignationPartOf Manhattan Project National Historical Park NERFINISHED
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first continuously operated nuclear reactor for plutonium production
prototype for Hanford production reactors
laterOperator Oak Ridge National Laboratory NERFINISHED
locatedIn Oak Ridge, Tennessee NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
moderator graphite
operator Clinton Laboratories NERFINISHED
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
partOf Manhattan Project NERFINISHED
powerOutputThermal 4000 kW
primaryPurpose plutonium production
secondaryPurpose neutron research
reactor physics research
shutdownDate 1963
status shut down
usedFor development of large-scale reactor technology
production of plutonium-239
radioisotope production

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