Manipulator arm in ORNL's Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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ORNL technicians use a manipulator arm in a shielded cave in ORNL's Radiochemical Engineering Development Center to separate concentrated Pm-147 from byproducts generated through the production of Pu-238.

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Richard Mayes/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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