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Originally Posted by Bigtoe32067
It was for a long range bomber if I remember correctly back in the 60’s.
Sorry to keep commenting on your threads but nuclear power gives me goose bumps. Ever since I joined the navy at 17. Never worked in it after but always followed it in the news.
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Yep, that's right. That reactor was called the Tower Shielding Reactor, IIRC. They built it and then hoisted it up in the air to understand radiological effects on the ground, etc.
I grew up in this area (East TN) but as a kid never really knew what they did at ORNL. Now that I worked there, I am honestly astounded by the things that man has figured out. Especially the knowledge and application/manipulation of things at the atomic level. You hear/read about this stuff, but we're doing it every day. My whole facility operates by stripping electrons from negatively-charged hydrogen atoms traveling at 90% of the speed of light. Works like a charm!