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Photograph caption dated November 15, 1957 reads, "Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Lewis L. Strauss throws switch officially opening Atomic International's sodium reactor experiment in hills above Chatsworth as nuclear electricity flashes across two electrodes in front of him. It is first non-military atomic reactor in nation."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation.--Atomics International Division Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles Sodium cooled reactors--California--Los Angeles Nuclear power plants--California--Los Angeles Nuclear engineering--California--Los Angeles Nuclear industry--California--Los Angeles Nuclear reactors--California--Los Angeles Nuclear reactors--Design and construction Nuclear reactors--Power distribution Men--California--Los Angeles Santa Susana Mountains (Calif.) Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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