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- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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By 1955 the last two reactors were completed at Hanford. These were the twin K-Reactors, KW and KE. In all Hanford is now the ghost town of 9 reactors, none more popular than the B-reactor, which was the first full-scale reactor to work in the world. The K-Reactors were run at higher temperatures than the 7 previous reactors had been and saw an increase in fuel meltdowns. The K-Reactors had some special features that the previous 7 reactors hadn't had. Instead of the 2,004 process channels through which the basic chain reaction would take place, the K-Reactors had 3,220 channels, which allowed for a greater yield in Plutonium.
The K-Reactors experienced a partial fuel meltdown shortly after opening, but this was to be expected because HEW was determined to put out Plutonium at a faster and ever more efficient level. The strain on the reactors led to many set backs, tube erosion, and partial meltdowns.
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