Hardboard backed illustration of a SLOWPOKE installation

Artifact Number:

2018-234

Description

A 41cm by 51 cm, hardboard backed, schematic of a typical SLOWPOKE reactor installation.  The reactor sits at the bottom of a light-water pool which serves for cooling and shielding.

Details

Keywords:
safe low power critical experiment; slowpoke
Date:
~1975
Associated artifacts:
See also artifact 2018-233, 2018-235 and 2018-236.
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