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Laura S. Winn is a General Electric Company employee who prefers to get as far away from her work as possible. A technologist at the Hanford plutonium plant here, Laura is manipulating radioactive materials on the other side of a sturdy steel barrier. She watches her work through a thick window of leaded glass that provides more protection than the same thickness of steel. Atomic technicians also use periscopes, mirrors and water barriers to protect then from dangerous radiation while they work with "hot" materials at the plant operated by GE for the Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company1953-03
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
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- Title: Laura S. Winn is a General Electric Company employee who prefers to get as far away from her work as possible. A technologist at the Hanford plutonium plant here, Laura is manipulating radioactive materials on the other side of a sturdy steel barrier. She watches her work through a thick window of leaded glass that provides more protection than the same thickness of steel. Atomic technicians also use periscopes, mirrors and water barriers to protect then from dangerous radiation while they work with "hot" materials at the plant operated by GE for the Atomic Energy Commission
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1953-03
- Location: Hanford – Benton County - Washington
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Radioactivity; Women; Scientists; Scientific equipment; Hanford Atomic Products Operation;
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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