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Windows Media icon Windows Media 9.6 MB
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:39
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24:02 56K Dialup

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TITLE: Krakatau Setup
CATEGORY:

Subcritical Experiment

DESCRIPTION: This video clip shows the process of lowering the Krakatau subcritical experiment package underground at the U1a facility, connecting it to the diagnostics rack and lowering the experimental package into a hole drilled into the floor of the tunnel at U1a. Marbles, gravel and grout (cement) are backfilled into the hole to absorb the shock from the high explosives and seal radiation in the floor of the tunnel.
FACT SHEET: PDF icon
DATE: February 2006
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DURATION: 7:54
CREDIT: National Nuclear Security Administration /
Nevada Site Office
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