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Farewell BREN, We Hardly Knew Ye : Atomic Toasters
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During the heyday of nuclear testing, a giant tower was built out in the Nevada desert so an unshielded reactor could be placed at the top in order to see just how much radiation made it to the ground. The BREN tower was the tallest man made structure in the US that nobody knew about...............................
The tower was built in 1962 in the Yucca Flat testing area. Its height of 1,527 ft was designed to match the altitude Little Boy exploded over Hiroshima, and a simulated village was constructed at the base of the tower. Constructed of fifty-one 30 ft sections, the tower was higher than the Empire State Building, and designed to withstand winds exceeding 120 mph. There was an outside hoist to lift scientific equipment, and a two-person elevator inside.
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