Nervously Loading the PM-2A Nuclear Power Plant at Camp Century

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Title

Nervously Loading the PM-2A Nuclear Power Plant at Camp Century

Subject

Greenland camps, people working, machines

Description

Man wearing a hat, rubber gloves, and white t-shirt makes a wincing expression while holding a long metal tool attached to a cable; man with suspenders watches him nervously in the background. Original caption: "Tension etches a technician's face at a crucial moment in the loading of the nuclear plant. Grasping a long handling tool attached to a fuel element, the crewman carefully lowers it into a small opening in the reactor vessel." page 718

Creator

W. Robert Moore

Source

National Geographic Magazine

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Date

Published May 1962

Relation

"Nuclear Power for the Polar Regions" by Rear Adm. George J. Dufek, USN (Ret.), National Geographic Magazine, published by National Geographic Society in May, 1962, pages 712-730

Language

English

Type

Magazine

Coverage

Greenland, Camp Century