说明AEC-70-8687 The Fast Flux Test Facility is now scheduled for operation until 1974. However, development work on components for the facility is already underway at a number of contractor and AEC locations. Photo shows how fabrication of plutonium-bearing fuels is accomplished in glovebox lines at the plutonium development laboratory of the Babcock & Wilcox Co., Lynchburg, Virginia. Due to the radioactivity and extreme toxicity of plutonium, all operations mast be performed in complete isolation. Once this fuel is in a completed form, it will be used in the prequalification phase of the AEC's Fast Flux Test Facility/Liquid Metal Fuel Breeder Reactor fuel program. Credit: The Babcock & Wilcox Company, Lynchburg, Va.
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