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Description Alpha Track Calutron at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee from the Manhattan Project, used for uranium enrichment by electromagnetic separation process. See http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/alpha_racetrack.htm for additional information.
Date between circa 1944 and circa 1945
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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http://www.dpi.anl.gov/dpi2/ph_gallery/pic11s.htm

Also obtainable from U.S. Department of Energy; http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/images/Y12AlphaVeryLarge.jpg
Author Ed Westcott (James Edward Westcott), in official capacity as photographer employed by the US government.


Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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