Brookhaven Lab reactor fully decommissioned
Photo credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory | The Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor's bioshield containing the 700-ton reactor core prior to decommissioning. (2008)
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One of the nuclear reactors at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been completely decommissioned, officials from the federal Department of Energy announced this week.
In June, the last shipment of radioactive materials from the lab's Graphite Research Reactor was sent to disposal facilities. The materials came from the demolition of the reactor's shield, originally measuring 55 feet long,...
