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Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory historic site ceremony

The X-10 Graphite Pile was the second nuclear reactor in the world to achieve criticality. It produced substantial quantities of plutonium for the Manhattan Project during World War II and later synthesized medical isotopes.

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