First Darlington power commemorative coaster

Artifact Number:

2018-057

Description

A 9.1 cm diameter brass coaster for beverage mugs issued to employees on the occasion of “First Power” from the Darlington A nuclear generating station.  The first of the units to come on line was Unit 2 and the date was 1990 January 15.

Details

Keywords:
power reactor; natural uranium reactor; darlington-2 reactor
Materials:
brass
Date:
1990
Associated artifacts:
See artifact 2018-056.
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