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The X-10 reactor at Argonne went critical less than a year after CP-1, with a power of 500 kW, rising to 4 MW in 1944. The Hanford B reactor, with a power of
by pfdietz 2y ago
The X-10 reactor at Argonne went critical less than a year after CP-1, with a power of 500 kW, rising to 4 MW in 1944.
The Hanford B reactor, with a power of 250 MW, was in operation less than two years after CP-1 went critical.
- pfdietz 2y agoCorrection: the X-10 reactor was at Oak Ridge, not Argonne.