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Cleanup and decommissioning of the site of CP-5 was started in 1991 completed in 2000. The cleanup process included removal of all contaminated equipment and spent fuel, decontamination of the reactor vessel and associated plumbing, and removal of the spent fuel pool, reactor internals and the hot
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as coolant and as a neutron moderator. It produced neutrons for use in research. The reactor had an output rating of 5 megawatts.
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cell liner. The accessible areas of the structure have been certified as having radiation levels equivalent to
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Thermal-neutron research reactor at Argonne National Laboratory (1954–1979)
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campus in DuPage county, it operated from 1954-1979.
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CP-1
Argonne National Laboratory
thermal-neutron reactor
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heavy water
background radiation
Chicago Pile-1
Chicago Pile-3
Experimental Breeder Reactor I
Heavy Water and Graphite Reactors: CP-5
"Large Scale Demonstration Project At Argonne National Laboratory's CP-5 Reactor"
"Argonne Building 330 Demolition"
"Chicago Pile-Five (CP-5) Facility Decommissioning Project"
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