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amerikat

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1. I've been in the Princeton facility. Open house every year.

Reply to Warpy (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2024, 08:06 PM

May 2024

The thing that struck me was the tunnel between the reactor and the control room. Cable racks lined the walls but they only contained two fiber optic cables. The 4' turbo pumps were pretty amazing too.

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