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Boron balls
Used for emergency reactor shut downs, these were kept in small hoppers atop the reactor.  When used, valves would open and allow the balls to fill columns patterned over the core.  They were recycled using a conveyor and hopper fill system.
Filename BoronBalls08-30-10_006.JPG
Album name / Hanford
Rating (1 votes) 55555
Filesize 212 KiB
Date added Aug 31, 2010
Dimensions 640 x 480 pixels
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DateTime Original 2010:08:30 14:13:09
Model BlackBerry 9530
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