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PFR History

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Image: PFR construction circa 1967

PFR construction circa 1967.  The excavation in the foreground is for the electrical annexe basement.

Image: Assembling PFR Turbine 10.6.70

Assembling PFR Turbine 10.6.70

Image: PFR Construction circa 1967

PFR Construction circa 1967

Image: The control room in the 1970s

The control room in the 1970s

Image: Workers handling fuel from the reactor

Workers handling fuel from the reactor

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