Bldg. 5505
Bldg. 5505 is a building in Roane, Tennessee. Bldg. 5505 is situated nearby to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as near the office Multiprogram Research Facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and X-10 Graphite Reactor.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is situated 680 feet north of Bldg. 5505.
X-10 Graphite Reactor
Protected area
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oak Ridge and Robertsville.
Oak Ridge
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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
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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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