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Washington State University Buildings and Landscapes

Nuclear Reactor, 1968

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1. Nuclear Radiation Building Later renamed the Nuclear Reactor Center. Built ca. 1959 at a cost of $210,000 ($180,000 reactor, $30,000 fuel). Ca. 1963: housed the institution's one-million watt research nuclear reactor. The reactor was a "swimming pool" type, powered by 3,580 grams of highly enriched Uranium 235. Building contained laboratories for research, and also a smaller sub-critical teaching reactor. Architect: Phillip Keene.
2. Nuclear Reactor, 1968
3. Nuclear Reactor, 1970
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1. Original Construction for Nuclear Radiation Center
2. Nuclear Radiation Building Later renamed the Nuclear Reactor Center. Built ca. 1959 at a cost of $210,000 ($180,000 reactor, $30,000 fuel). Ca. 1963: housed the institution's one-million watt research nuclear reactor. The reactor was a "swimming pool" type, powered by 3,580 grams of highly enriched Uranium 235. Building contained laboratories for research, and also a smaller sub-critical teaching reactor. Architect: Phillip Keene.
3. Nuclear Reactor, 1968
4. Nuclear Reactor, 1970
5. Remodel/Additional Construction of Nuclear Radiation Center 1966-1968