Uranium Oxide Fuel Element
notes: label: Description
content: Uranium oxide fuel element from the Chicago reactor, 1942. Donated to the Smithsonian by Merril Eisenbud (1915-1997), then of the New York University Medical Center, Institute of Environmental Medicine.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Merril Eisenbud, 82, Safety Expert Known for Work on Atomic Energy,” New York Times (Aug. 21, 1997), p. D19.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0777.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0777
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0777.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Uranium Oxide Fuel Element
label: Object Name
content: American and German WWII reactor fuel elements
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lead (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (box material)