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DescriptionAmes Process pressure vessel lower.jpg
English: A pressure vessel being lowered into a furnace during the Manhattan Project for reduction to uranium metal. Uranium halide and sacrificial metal are in the vessel. This is part of the Ames process. Attribution: The Ames Laboratory, USDOE (http://www.ameslab.gov/)
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