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Description: Y-12 Calutron Operators Calutron Operators monitored various components of the machine used to separate isotopes of uranium. Calutron operators were predominately female and worked in shifts 24 hours a day.
Title: Calutron operators
Credit: National Archives at Atlanta
Author: unknown (probably Ed Westcott)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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