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Nuclear Radiation Building
12019-05-09T16:51:44-07:00Alex Merrillb09a6772a215272bb53277ec320c56e5b0f4339941Later 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.plain2019-05-09T16:51:44-07:00Is found in PC 3, WSU Buildings Photographs http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc3.htm, at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), http://libraries.wsu.edu/mascpc003b10f01_1ImageResearch facilities; Nuclear power plants1958North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Whitman county--Pullmanark:/80444/xv40374Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://libraries.wsu.edu/mascIn copyright. Item is in copyright for 120 years from its date of creation.Alex Merrillb09a6772a215272bb53277ec320c56e5b0f43399