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Image Not Available for A 58 ton atomic reactor core is lowered in to the heart of the first full scale atomic power station in the US at Shippingport. 1957
A 58 ton atomic reactor core is lowered in to the heart of the first full scale atomic power station in the US at Shippingport. 1957
Image Not Available for A 58 ton atomic reactor core is lowered in to the heart of the first full scale atomic power station in the US at Shippingport. 1957

A 58 ton atomic reactor core is lowered in to the heart of the first full scale atomic power station in the US at Shippingport. 1957

Creator United States Information Service (USIS)
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 25.5 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2005
Category
Object number2005/5192
LocationNot currently on display

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