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Title
Nuclear testing chambers opened in Santa Susana Mts
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated August 6, 1959 reads, "Huge 'hot cell' - Scientists use manipulators, or mechanical "arms," to conduct experiments on radioactive materials at largest privately owned "hot cell" in world. Built by Atomics International, a division of North American Aviation, inc., it is part of 290-acre nuclear field laboratory in Santa Susana Mountains. Manipulators permit remote examination of materials."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108546
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f31_i30
CARL0005217952
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43906
Subject
North American Aviation.--Atomics International Division
Industrial facilities--California--Simi Valley
Nuclear engineering--California--Simi Valley
Nuclear reactors--California--Simi Valley
Uranium as fuel--California--Simi Valley
Nuclear fuels--California--Simi Valley
Nuclear engineering--Safety measures
Santa Susana Mountains (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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