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1943 Oct 4

1943 Oct 4

DuPont engineers release reactor design drawings for the first Hanford, WA plutonium production pile, 100-B, allowing construction to begin.

Date Range:

1943CE Oct 4th

Era:

1942 to 1943: Early Manhattan Project

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