C Reactor
E7605
Hanford Site reactor
graphite-moderated nuclear reactor
military production reactor
plutonium production reactor
C Reactor is one of the early plutonium production reactors built and operated at the Hanford Site in Washington as part of the U.S. Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanford Site reactor
ⓘ
graphite-moderated nuclear reactor ⓘ military production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. nuclear weapons development
ⓘ
environmental contamination at Hanford Site ⓘ |
| category | nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1944 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1943 ⓘ |
| coolant | water ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus | decommissioned ⓘ |
| currentUse | inactive industrial facility ⓘ |
| designedFor | high-volume plutonium production ⓘ |
| followedBy | D Reactor ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Hanford Site historic nuclear facilities ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Benton County, Washington
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| locatedOn | Columbia River ⓘ |
| location |
Hanford Site, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford Site
|
| managedBy | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| moderator | graphite ⓘ |
| operator |
DuPont
ⓘ
General Electric ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric Company
United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
|
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hanford Site, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford plutonium production complex
Manhattan Project ⓘ U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| permanentShutdown | 1969 ⓘ |
| precededBy | B Reactor ⓘ |
| primaryFuel | natural uranium ⓘ |
| purpose | plutonium production for nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| reactorType | single-pass, once-through, water-cooled reactor ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures | early-generation reactor safety design ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| significance | one of the early large-scale plutonium production reactors in the world ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 1944 ⓘ |
| startOfPlutoniumProduction | 1944 ⓘ |
| technologyLineage | graphite-moderated plutonium production reactors developed during the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hanford Site