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816 Nuclear Military Plant 816工程Bāyāoliù Gōngchéng
4A scenic area · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About 816 Nuclear Military Plant
An unfinished underground nuclear plant dug into a mountain beside the Wu River from 1966 as part of the Third Front programme, meant to produce plutonium for weapons and to survive a nuclear attack. Work was halted in 1984 with about 85 per cent of the construction done; the tunnels run for more than 20 km and the largest chamber, built for the reactor, is 79.6 m high. Declassified in 2002, it opened to tourists in 2010.
How to get to 816 Nuclear Military Plant
In Baitao subdistrict on the Wu River, about 40 minutes by road south-east of central Fuling in Fuling District, with a tourist bus from Fuling North railway station.
Nearby
- Wulong Karst 武隆喀斯特 30 km
Three colossal natural bridges, a sinkhole canyon and a cave in the hills of Wulong
Also within 20 km: Wulingshan Great Rift Valley 武陵山大裂谷 (under 10 km), Wulingshan National Forest Park, Fuling 武陵山国家森林公园 (under 10 km), Damu Flower Valley 大木花谷 (20 km).
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