Bldg. 5505
Bldg. 5505 is a building in Roane, Tennessee. Bldg. 5505 is situated nearby to the office Multiprogram Research Facility, as well as near Bethel Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include X-10 Graphite Reactor and Multiprogram Research Facility.
X-10 Graphite Reactor
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor and the first intended for continuous operation. X-10 Graphite Reactor is situated 2,500 feet west of Bldg. 5505.
Multiprogram Research Facility
Office
The Multiprogram Research Facility is a facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is used by the U.S. National Security Agency to design and build supercomputers for cryptanalysis and other classified projects. Multiprogram Research Facility is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Bldg. 5505.
Spallation Neutron Source
Research institute
The Spallation Neutron Source is an accelerator-based neutron source facility in the U.S. that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. Spallation Neutron Source is situated 1½ miles north of Bldg. 5505.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oak Ridge and Robertsville.
Oak Ridge
Photo: AdamBSimpson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Ridge is a city in Tennessee. Oak Ridge was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. In Oak Ridge, thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Robertsville
Hamlet
Robertsville was a farming community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that was disbanded in 1942 when the area was acquired for the Manhattan Project. Its site is now part of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Robertsville is situated 6 miles north of Bldg. 5505.
Bldg. 5505
- Type: Building
- Location: Roane, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.92841° or 35° 55′ 42″ northLongitude
-84.30923° or 84° 18′ 33″ westOpen location code
867QWMHR+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 89183303OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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