K-West Reactor

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Hanford Site reactor nuclear reactor plutonium production reactor

K-West Reactor is one of the plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington State, historically used to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
K-West Reactor canonical	3
B Reactor Area K-West (100-K Area)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hanford Site reactor ⓘ nuclear reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ
associatedWith	Hanford environmental remediation ⓘ spent nuclear fuel storage ⓘ
category	Cold War industrial site ⓘ former plutonium production facility ⓘ
commissioned	1950s ⓘ
constructionStart	1950s ⓘ
coolant	water ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	inactive nuclear facility under cleanup ⓘ
designedFor	high neutron flux for plutonium production ⓘ
environmentalProgram	Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order ⓘ surface form: Hanford cleanup program
fuelType	natural uranium ⓘ
gridConnection	not primarily for electricity generation ⓘ
hasFacility	fuel storage basins ⓘ
hasRisk	radioactive contamination potential ⓘ
historicalUse	production of weapons-grade plutonium ⓘ
locatedIn	K-West Reactor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: B Reactor Area K-West (100-K Area) Benton County, Washington ⓘ Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
locatedNear	K-East Reactor ⓘ
locatedOn	Columbia River ⓘ
moderator	graphite ⓘ
nearbyCity	Pasco, Washington ⓘ surface form: Kennewick, Washington Pasco, Washington ⓘ Richland, Washington ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf	Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site 100-K Area Hanford production reactors ⓘ U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
purpose	plutonium production ⓘ support U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ
reactorType	graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ water-cooled reactor ⓘ
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
regulatoryBody	Office of Environmental Management ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
safetyFeature	concrete biological shield ⓘ reactor confinement structure ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ shutdown ⓘ
usedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. government
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hanford Site, Washington → reactor → K-West Reactor ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanford Site

K-East Reactor → adjacentTo → K-West Reactor ⓘ

K-West Reactor → locatedIn → K-West Reactor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: B Reactor Area K-West (100-K Area)

Hanford production reactors → hasPart → K-West Reactor ⓘ