N-Reactor
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|The N-Reactor at the Hanford site along the [[Columbia River.]] thumb|Aerial Photo of the N-Reactor. Taken January 2013. thumb|Fuel element from N-Reactor The N-Reactor was a water/graphite-moderated nuclear reactor constructed during the Cold War and operated by the U.S. government at the Hanford Site in Washington; it began production in 1963.
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- United States
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thumb|right|300px|The N-Reactor at the Hanford site along the [[Columbia River.]] thumb|Aerial Photo of the N-Reactor. Taken January 2013. thumb|Fuel element from N-Reactor The N-Reactor was a water/graphite-moderated nuclear reactor constructed during the Cold War and operated by the U.S. government at the Hanford Site in Washington; it began production in 1963.
It was a one-of-a-kind design in the U.S., being both a plutonium production reactor for nuclear weapons and, from 1966, producing steam to allow production of electricity to feed the civilian power grid via the Washington Public Power Supply System or WPPSS. The power rating of the N-Reactor was 4000 MWt, with a power output of 800 MWe at the power generating plant.