Robert McNees on Nostr: The X-10 graphite reactor at Oak Ridge went critical # OTD in 1943. Built as part of ...
The X-10 graphite reactor at Oak Ridge went critical # OTD in 1943.
Built as part of the Manhattan Project, it was the second artificial nuclear reactor (after Fermi's Chicago Pile 1) and the first to operate continuously.
Photo: Ed Westcott
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