X-10 Graphite Reactor

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title: X-10 Graphite Reactor
text: The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor and the first designed and built for continuous operation. It was built during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. While Chicago Pile-1 demonstrated the feasibility of nuclear reactors, the Manhattan Project's goal of producing enough plutonium for atomic bombs requ
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description: Decommissioned nuclear reactor in Tennessee
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-10_Graphite_Reactor
date created: 2006-02-17T23:13:13Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T12:34:09Z
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