Hanford B Reactor

The B Reactor at the , near , was the first large-scale nuclear reactor ever built, at 250 MW. It achieved criticality on September 26, 1944.
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  • Type: Atomic center
  • Description: decommissioned nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, United States
  • Also known as: B Reactor

Hanford B Reactor

Latitude
46.63032° or 46° 37′ 49″ north
Longitude
-119.64738° or 119° 38′ 51″ west
Elevation
482 feet (147 metres)
Open location code
85R2J9J3+42
Geo­Names ID
11592580
Wiki­data ID
Q2472490
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hanford B Reactor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: المفاعل النووي ب
  • Chinese: B反应堆
  • Chinese: B反應堆
  • Chinese: 汉福德B反应堆
  • Chinese: 漢福德B反應堆
  • Czech: Reaktor B
  • French: Réacteur B
  • German: B-Reaktor
  • German: Hanford B Reactor
  • Japanese: B原子炉
  • Korean: B 원자로
  • Low German: B-Reaktor
  • Portuguese: B-Reactor
  • Portuguese: Reator B
  • Russian: Реактор B
  • Slovenian: Reaktor B
  • Spanish: B Reactor
  • Spanish: B-Reactor
  • Spanish: Reactor B
  • Ukrainian: Реактор B

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