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An oral history interview with Don Lewis for the B Reactor Museum Association. Lewis was a Process Supervisor at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Mina Miller (Peoples) for the B Reactor Museum Association. Miller was a Recreation Director at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Bill Painter for the B Reactor Museum Association. Painter worked in the 200 Area at the Hanford Site during the Cold War.

An oral history interview with John Rector for the B Reactor Museum Association. Rector was a Graphite Machinist at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Ralph Sansom for the B Reactor Museum Association. Sansom was a Process Operator at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Warren Sevier for the B Reactor Museum Association. Sevier worked with specialized instrumentation in the 200 Area at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Alex Smith for the B Reactor Museum Association. Smith was a 200 Area "Area Mechanic" at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project and early Cold War.

An oral history interview with Glen Stein for the B Reactor Museum Association. Stein was a Instrumentation Specialist at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

An oral history interview with Monty Stratton for the B Reactor Museum Association. Stratton worked in Instrumentation at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project and Cold War.

An oral history interview with Harry Zweifel for the B Reactor Museum Association. Zweifel was in Radiation Patrol and Startup Operations at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project.

The collection includes 30 video oral histories, 18 audio oral histories, 42 other video tapes, and a binder of notes and correspondence from the Mid Columbia Oral History Association/Coalition.

Robotic arms have cut a fuel rod assembly and the assembly is being removed and the fuel goes to processing.

Picture of a Jerry Tallent loading fuel pellets using a glove box while two other workers observe.

Jerry Tallent posing with fuel driver assembly for a photographer proof

Jerry Tallent and two other workers running a FFTF fuel driver assembly Dismantling machine.

Group viewing the Dismantling machine through a six-foot wall and glass. The wall was lined with lead BB's to block radiation emitted from plutonium. Jerry Tallent on left.

From left to right: Dawson, W.F. Walker, Pete Titzler, and Jerry Tallent at the far right.

From left to right: Dawson, W.F. Walker, Pete Titzler, and Jerry Tallent at the far right.

The robotic arm cuts the outside of the assembly and exposes the fuel rods.

A steel arm used in the fuel rod Dismantling machine.

A group of visiting foreign nuclear scientists and policymakers viewing the Dismantling machine at the Hanford Engineering Development Lab. The dismanteler, developed by Jerry Tallent, cut open fuel rods by welding copper to stainless steel which…

Jerry Tallent operating the SN005, a fuel rod Dismantling machine that he help invent.

"Greg" demonstrating operation of a glove box assisted by a lift while Jerry Tallent operates lift at the Hanford Engineering Development Lab.

Jerry Tallent posing as an operator of the Dismantling machine.

Closeup of a fuel pin canister showing hexigonal fuel rod formation.

Manipulator arm taking apart a fuel rod.

Edward Milliman testing animal physiology (heart rate, respitory rate) at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Photograph number 760818-11

Edward Milliman and another worker running inhalation tests on rodents, likely Syrian Hamsters at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. The red suits indicate that exposure tests are currently being run. Photograph number 760818-13cn

Edward Milliman testing animals for asbestos concrete exposure using inhalation equipment at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Photograph number 0407E2018

Rodent lungs after inhalation tests of "fly ash".

Edward Milliman disecting a Syrian Hamster after exposing the animal to different inhilation tests. Photograph number 34352-97-cn

Edward Milliman operating a device that forces hamsters to smoke cigarettes. 30 cigarettes are loaded at the top and each corresponds to a hamster. The machine takes a "puff" every few seconds. Photograph number PNL 711513-59

An interview with Greg Greger as part of the Beverlin Summer Institute for Teachers held at the Richland Community Center.

"Russell Brown, Russ Brown Jr Age 5, Barbara Brown Age 2 1/2"

"Russell and Lois Brown plots given in Memorial Gardens in Richland for Designing garden"

"Reading a book"

"Barbara Brown 1939 3 yrs old New Lenox, Illinois"

"1938 Russell Brown, 2 yr. Barbara Brown, 5 yr. Russ Brown Jr."

"Easter Apr. 13, 1952 Russell 318 Casey Richland"

A drawing of wooden crates.

A drawing of a man on a boat marked "Blissful Ignorance" about to go off of a waterfall labeled "Extinction Falls".

A comic strip comparing one boat, "Project Titanic," overburdened with technical manuals, is sinking. The other boat, "Project Success," contains only one user guide and is moving quickly and safely.

A drawing of multiple body builders merged together

A drawing of a body builder flexing

A drawing of a stack of books titled EPA, Regulations, DOE Orders, and Public Law with a factory on top.

A drawing of boxes and a barrel with smiley faces on them.

A diagram with details on how to properly label a shipping box.

A drawing of a box of furan gesturing to a barrel of another chemical

An illustration to accompany packing procedures for various materials.