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Hanford D Reactor Criticality

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

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1944Date range
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Chronological records

1944

Leslie Richard Groves17 December 1944

Hanford · Science / Nuclear Power

Hanford's D Reactor reaches criticality with sufficient excess reactivity to overcome fission-product poisoning.

Names involved

Leslie Richard Groves

Provenance

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