Nuclear testing chambers opened in Santa Susana Mts
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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 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."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
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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