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X-10 Graphite Reactor Criticality

Canada · Science / Nuclear Power. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1943Date range
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Chronological records

1943

Walter Zinn4 November 1943

Oak Ridge · Science / Nuclear Power

Supervises startup as the X-10 Graphite Reactor reaches criticality at Clinton Laboratories.

Names involved

Walter Zinn

Provenance

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