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Interior of the Plum Brook Reactor Facility
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A view inside the 55-foot high containment vessel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Plum Brook Reactor Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The 60-megawatt test reactor went critical for the first time in 1961 and began its full-power research operations in 1963. From 1961 to 1973, this reactor performed some of the nation’s most advanced nuclear research. The reactor was designed to determine the behavior of metals and other materials after long durations of irradiation.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineInterior of the Plum Brook Reactor Facility. NASA/GRC, 1961-02-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1961-C-55851.
