C Reactor
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C Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear production reactor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina that was used primarily for producing materials for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C Reactor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C Reactor Context triple: [Savannah River Site, formerFacility, C Reactor]
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A.
C 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.
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B.
L Reactor
L Reactor was a heavy water–moderated nuclear production reactor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, historically used to produce materials such as plutonium and tritium for the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
F Reactor
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.
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D.
P Reactor
P Reactor was a plutonium and tritium production nuclear reactor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, built during the Cold War to support the nation’s nuclear weapons program.
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E.
R Reactor
R Reactor was one of the plutonium and tritium production nuclear reactors that operated at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C Reactor Target entity description: C Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear production reactor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina that was used primarily for producing materials for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
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A.
C 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.
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B.
L Reactor
L Reactor was a heavy water–moderated nuclear production reactor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, historically used to produce materials such as plutonium and tritium for the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
F Reactor
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.
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D.
P Reactor
P Reactor was a plutonium and tritium production nuclear reactor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, built during the Cold War to support the nation’s nuclear weapons program.
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E.
R Reactor
R Reactor was one of the plutonium and tritium production nuclear reactors that operated at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
decommissioned nuclear reactor
ⓘ
nuclear production reactor ⓘ plutonium production reactor ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram |
United States nuclear weapons program
ⓘ
linked to:
United States nuclear weapons complex
|
| coolant | heavy water ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environmentalStatus | under decommissioning and cleanup oversight ⓘ |
| fuelType | natural uranium ⓘ |
| gridConnection | no commercial electricity production ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War nuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Savannah River Site
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear | Savannah River ⓘ |
| managedBy | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| moderator | heavy water ⓘ |
| owner |
U.S. government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| partOf |
Savannah River Site reactor complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Savannah River Site
U.S. Cold War infrastructure ⓘ |
| primaryUse | production of materials for nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| purpose |
production of tritium
ⓘ
production of weapons-grade plutonium ⓘ |
| reactorType | heavy-water moderated reactor ⓘ |
| region |
Aiken County, South Carolina
ⓘ
Barnwell County, South Carolina ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority |
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Environmental Management
|
| safetyFunction | production reactor, not power reactor ⓘ |
| siteOperator | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: C Reactor Description of subject: C Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear production reactor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina that was used primarily for producing materials for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.