Building of nuclear reactor begins in Canoga Park plant
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated July 7, 1956 reads, "Work progresses on Valley reactor - Core cavity liner, left, for sodium graphite nuclear reactor now under construction by North American Aviation for Atomic Energy Commission is set in place in Santa Susana Mountains, west of Canoga Park. Reactor is being built in connection with AEC program to develop electric power from atomic energy."
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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