= X-10 Graphite Reactor
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{tag=Breeder reactor}
{title2=1943-11-04}
{title2=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>.
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Exterior_of_the_Graphite_Reactor_at_the_X-10_site_in_Oak_Ridge_in_1950.jpg/742px-Exterior_of_the_Graphite_Reactor_at_the_X-10_site_in_Oak_Ridge_in_1950.jpg?20151212105410]
{title=Exterior of the <X-10 Graphite Reactor> in 1950}
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/X10_Reactor_Face.jpg]
{title=Workers loading <Uranium> into the <X-10 Graphite Reactor> with a rod}
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