Framed, colleague-signed, electron microscope photograph of reactor fuel presented to J. R. MacEwan

Artifact Number:

2018-158

Description

A framed (37 cm by 48 cm) photograph featuring an electron microscope photograph of a polished specimen of reactor fuel combined with a commemorative plaque and the signatures of the members of the Fuel Materials Branch. The plaque reads “Ross MacEwan, Head, Fuel Materials Branch, 1970-1978”.

Details

Keywords:

nuclear fuels; electron microscopy

Date:

1979

Associated artifacts:

See artifacts 2018-157 and 2018-159.

Notes:

The occasion was the promotion of JR MacEwan to Division Head from Branch Head.

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