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 ⓘ
X-10 Graphite Reactor ⓘ
associatedWith Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Hanford Site ⓘ
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1943-02-02 ⓘ
coolant air ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy DuPont ⓘ
Eugene Wigner ⓘ
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 ⓘ
heritageDesignationPartOf Manhattan Project National Historical Park ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark ⓘ
historicalSignificance first continuously operated nuclear reactor for plutonium production ⓘ
prototype for Hanford production reactors ⓘ
laterOperator Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ
locatedIn Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
moderator graphite ⓘ
operator Clinton Laboratories ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Manhattan Project ⓘ
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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