X-10 Graphite Reactor

The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in . 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.
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  • Description: world’s second artificial nuclear reactor and the first reactor designed and built for continuous operation
  • Also known as
    “Clinton Pile”
    “Graphite Reactor”
    “ORNL Graphite Reactor”
    “X-10 Graphite Reactor Facility (Bldg. 3001)”
    “X-10 Pile”
    “X-10 Reactor”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Multiprogram Research Facility and Spallation Neutron Source.
The is a facility… is situated 1,900 feet northeast of X-10 Graphite Reactor.
The is an accelerator-based… is situated 2 miles northeast of X-10 Graphite Reactor.

X-10 Graphite Reactor

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Latitude
35.92809° or 35° 55′ 41″ north
Longitude
-84.31755° or 84° 19′ 3″ west
Open location code
867QWMHJ+6X
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“X-10 Graphite Reactor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مفاعل جرافيت X-١٠ النووي”
  • Arabic: “مفاعل جرافيت X-10 النووي”
  • Chinese: “X-10石墨反应堆”
  • Chinese: “X-10石墨反應堆”
  • Chinese: “X-10石墨反應爐”
  • Chinese: “X-10石墨堆”
  • Czech: “Grafitový reaktor X-10”
  • French: “Réacteur graphite X-10”
  • Galician: “Reactor de grafito X-10”
  • Indonesian: “Reaktor Grafit X-10”
  • Japanese: “X-10黒鉛炉”
  • Korean: “X-10 흑연 원자로”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “X-10”
  • Norwegian: “X-10”
  • Persian: “رآکتور گرافیت ایکس-۱۰”
  • Portuguese: “Reator de Grafite X-10”
  • Romanian: “Reactorul cu grafit X-10”
  • Russian: “Графитовый реактор X-10”
  • Spanish: “Reactor de Grafito X 10”
  • Spanish: “Reactor de grafito X-10”
  • Spanish: “Reactor de Grafito X-10”
  • Ukrainian: “Графітовий реактор X-10”

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