A Look Back at NRL's History

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As NRL reaches to achieve new goals, we appreciate those who have supported our mission in the past and currently. Today’s accomplishments are possible only because of the foundation laid by those who saw the possibility of the reactor. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of NRL and taking a look back in history. NOTE - If you can identify someone in our pictures, please take a moment to send an email to reactor@osu.edu. Feel free to share your old photos with us too.

 

The reactor building construction
The reactor construction
The reactor construction
Equipment being moved into building
Walt Carey, the first director of the NRL (1961-1977), is wearing a bowtie in this photo.
Picture at the pool top from construction
Tour of the newly finished reactor
Tour of the newly finished reactor
NRL's former director, Walt Carey using the rabbit

 

Walt Carey inspecting overseeing the delivery of the Co-60 pins
Walt Carey inspecting overseeing the delivery of the Co-60 pins
an experiment for a tour group.
Former reactor staff member, Joe Talnagi, doing an experiment for a tour group
tour of the control room.
Former NRL Associate Director Rick Myser giving a tour of the control room.
Man stading with boxes in reactor building
Early days in the Reactor Building, equipment is still being moved in. Person pictured is Walt Carey.
a group shot
A group shot of staff involved in the delivery of the new fuel. From left to right: Craig Jensen from ORS, Al Vest from ORS, unknown worker from ORS, former NRL Director Don Miller, former NRL staff member Joe Talnagi, and a graduate student.
staff member with shielding cask
NRL staff member Kevin Herminghuysen with the shielding cask for shipping HEU.
An experiment at NRL
Former NRL staff member, Joe Talnagi, performing an experiment for Al Frasca's Physics class from Wittenberg University.  Al is holding the beam port plug.
man in the control room
Bob Ross in the control room
An experiment at NRL
Craig Jensen while he was working on his Master's thesis project.
Group picture
NRL staff member Joel Hatch (left), former NRL staff member Joe Talnagi (bottom) and nuclear engineering students
group picture
Male pictured is Brian Hajek.
staff member in protective clothing
Andrew Kauffman during a reactor maintenance outage in 2003