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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Roane County, Oak Ridge,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 55' 41.439396",
-84° 19' 3.15948"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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X-10 Plant A Manhattan Project facility, the plutonium pilot plant was constructed in 1943 as a production model for the Hanford Engineering Works. The air-cooled graphite reactor went critical, on November 4, 1943. The world's first radioactive isotope for medical use was produced here on August 2, 1946. The facility now serves as one of this country's national laboratories.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tennessee Map
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