Document Details
Title:
NESTLED IN A WOODED VALLEY AT ORNL IS A HIGH FLUX ISOTOPE REACTOR ( HFIR ) WHICH STARTED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR OPERATION AUGUST 25, 1965
Author(s):
UNK, [UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1966 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097700
Document Number(s):
AEC667807
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE...NESTLED IN A WOODED VALLEY AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY IS THE HIGH FLUX ISOTOPE REACTOR (HFIR) WHICH STARTED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR OPERATION AUGUST 25, 1965. INITIAL OPERATION OF HFIR (C ENTER) WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE AECS PROGRAM TO PRODUCE EXOT IC TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS WHICH DO NOT OCCUR NATURALLY SUCH AS AMERIC IUM CURIUM AND CALIFORNIUM. THE HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS PRODUCED IN HFIR WILL BE SEPARATED AND NEW TARGET MATERIAL FABRICATED IN THE TR ANSURANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY (LEFT BACKGROUND) WHICH WAS DEDICATED A LONG WITH THE REACTOR AND THE TRANSURANIUM RESEARCH LABORATORY ON NOVE MBER 08, 1966. AT LEFT IS AN OFFICE BUILDING AND AT FAR RIGHT ARE THE COOLING TOWERS FOR HFIR.