X-10 Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Also known as: X-10 Reactor,Graphite ReactorOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Map
Coordinates:
+35.92818, -84.3175435°55'41" N, 84°19'03" W
Quadrangle map:Bethel Valley
Description
When it went into operation on November 4, 1943, this was the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor and the first to produce significant amounts of heat energy and measurable amounts of plutonium; in 1946, it was the first to produce radioactive isotopes for medical therapy. For many years, X-10 was the principal atomic research facility in the United States. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, December 21, 1965
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000720
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Nuclear reactor
- Areas of significance
- Science; Invention
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Energy facility
- Current function
- Energy facility
- Periods of significance
- 1950-1974; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1943; 1963
- Number of properties
- Contributing structures: 1
Non-contributing buildings: 1