Tower Shielding Facility

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Stock #:278820
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Oak Ridge
State: Tennessee (TN)
County: Roane,Anderson
Publisher: Adams Specialty Co.
Postmark: 1962 Jun-24
Postmark City: Oak Ridge
Postmark State: TN
Stamp: 3c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee This is the Tower Shielding Facility at the Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A reactor of the swimming pool type is suspended between the towers, which are about 323 feet high, and is operated remotely from an underground control room. The facility is used as a research tool simulating an aircraft in flight so that radiation shielding studies can be carried out

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