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X-10 Graphite Reactor (1943-11-04, second nuclear reactor)

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This was an intermediate step between the nuclear chain reaction prototype Chicago Pile-1 and the full blown plutonium mass production at Hanford site. Located in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Figure 1.
Exterior of the X-10 Graphite Reactor in 1950
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Figure 2.
Workers loading Uranium into the X-10 Graphite Reactor with a rod
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