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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1961
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INSPECT NEUTRON CHOPPER: Prof. Dietrich H. Vincent of the nuclear engineering department (standing) and Jack Carpenter, research assistant, inspect a mechanical monochromator (neutron chopper) being built with Atomic Energy Commission funds at the base of the Ford Nuclear Reactor. When completed later this fall, the chopper will be used by U-M scientists to study neutron energy and thermal range.

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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1961
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CONTROL NEUTRON BOMBARDMENT: Ronald W. Shideler, U-M research assistant in chemistry, controls the accelerator at the base of the Ford Nuclear Reactor. The accelerator is used to bombard chemical samples with neutrons in various atomic energy research projects at the Phoenix Laboratory.

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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1961
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NEW ATOMIC INSTRUMENT: John L. Donivan, U-M research associate, removes the port plug from the U-M nuclear reactor during the initial calibration of a neutron crystal spectrometer under construction at the Phoenix Laboratory. The spectrometer (on right) will be used to provide single-energy neutrons for studies of the physical characteristics of matter.

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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1961
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STUDY RADIATION EFFECT: Dr. John Marshall, U-M research associate, uses a protective glove box to work with daphnia (water fleas) that are absorbing radioisotopes from concentrated solutions in a jar. The daphnia are later fed to fish to study the effect of radiation on an animal population in its environment.

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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1961
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OPERATES REACTOR: Reactor operator Thomas Wiard works in the control room for the Ford Nuclear Reactor in the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory on North Campus. The reactor is used as a tool in the U-M's "atoms-for-peace" research projects. Phoenix Project scientists also aid other nations in establishing atomic research programs and reactors. The project has been appointed nuclear energy authority of the International Co-Operation Administration.

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1955
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SCIENTIST-ADMINISTRATOR: Prof. Henry J. Gomberg, assistant director of the Phoenix Project and winner of the U-M Henry Russel Award in 1952, stands behind a model of cobalt 60 rods similar to the ones the University will get from Canada next month. Cobalt 60 is a high energy radiation source.

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1955
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DEDICATED TO U-M WORLD WAR II DEAD: This plaque, located in the vestibule of the University's new atomic energy research building, the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory, displays the names of 582 U-M students, alumni and staff who died during World War II. The Phoenix Project is dedicated to them.

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1955
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"COUNTING ROOM": One of the rooms on the first floor of the Phoenix Building is this "counting room" in which sensitive instruments are used to determine the amount of radioactivity of materials. Prof. W. Wayne Meinke of the U-M chemistry department examines a Geiger counter.

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1955
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PHOENIX BUILDING LOBBY: Persons entering the laboratory walk through a small vestibule and into this lobby. University officials have scheduled "open house" at the building tomorrow afternoon. Guides will be available for conducted tours.