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Used vessels from plutonium hydrotests

These tanks contain plutonium and other shot debris; each tank is used just once. Shrapnel from the explosions may penetrate up to 1 inch into the steel. Photo: Los Alamos Study Group, Technical Area-55, Los Alamos National Laboratory.


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