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    Air Force Link: Airmen recall Swiss internment, 10/21/2004
     
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    Saw this article in the local newspaper today and thought you all might like to see it. It reports the tearing down of the K-25 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee which was the gaseous diffusion plant that helped to build the atomic bombs in the Manhattan Project.

    http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-oak25.html


    Workers tear down building once world's biggest

    October 25, 2004

    BY FRANK MUNGER

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- It's been called the final leg of the Manhattan Project.

    Workers here are dismantling K-25, one of the engineering marvels of World War II, a mile-long, four-story piece of atomic history.

    At the time of its urgent construction in 1943, K-25 was the world's biggest building under one roof. The first-of-a-kind facility used a gaseous process to separate isotopes of uranium and to concentrate fissile U-235 for atomic bombs and an early generation of nuclear reactors.

    Tearing down K-25 and its companion plant, K-27, will be almost as complex, and nearly as challenging, as building them in the first place. And, oddly enough, the cleanup will take longer than the construction.

    About 500 workers are engaged in the project and that work force will grow in the months ahead.

    'Moving on out'


    ''We're moving on out,'' said Greg Eidam, who's overseeing the work for Bechtel Jacobs Co., the government's cleanup manager in Oak Ridge. The decommissioning and demolition of old facilities are supposed to be completed by late 2008.

    The scale of the cleanup project can be described with numbers, beginning with a price tag that's likely to exceed $400 million. But the site almost has to be seen for one to comprehend the enormity of the task at hand.

    K-25 covers 44 acres, with 1.64 million square feet of floor space. Inside the building are miles and miles of industrial processing equipment.

    Both the K-25 and K-27 operations were shut down in 1964, when the U.S. government decided it had stockpiled a sufficient amount of highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes. Other parts of the Oak Ridge plant continued to operate until 1985.

    Scripps Howard News Service


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    Bill Murray, Oct 25, 2004
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    Navy News Stand: Navy Announces Death of Retired Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., 10/24/2004
     
    Deep Web Diver, Oct 26, 2004
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    The papers have been full of it today, Mah.
    Don't understand how people can be expected to apologise for something they had no part in-what utter bovine excrement.....
    I mean, the Baronial Courts in Scotland announced today they were issuing an apology and pardon for witches burnt in East Lothian in the 17th century. On Sunday, a special "rememberance Service" will be held in Prestonpans. How f****** pathetic is that? :rolleyes: :mad: :eek: :confused: [​IMG]
     
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    As an addition to this, the Queen has now refused to apologise when she visits Germany. Instead, she'll make reference to the grievous loss of life on ALL sides.
    That should be adequate for anyone.
     
    GRW, Oct 30, 2004
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    Great Story, DWD! Thanks for posting.

    Unavoidable but sad that they had their last reunion. You read this more and more. The Mosquito aircrew association (or something like that) also had their last reunion a few weeks ago. It was on Dutch TV. Maybe Martin knows more about that. [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    Yes indeed - and I missed it [​IMG] :(

    The Mosquito Aircrew Association gathered for the last time at the RAF Museum. It's understandable that they should decide to do this while a good number are still able to gather. As I heard from a veteran at Arnhem, it is a sad experience indeed to watch old comrades fading.
     
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    What sad news. And what irony that she decided to take her life at this time. She did tackle two of the most gruesome episodes of the war in the pacific and should be commemded for the work she has done to document it.

    Thanks for this posting, DWD.
     
    Stevin, Nov 14, 2004
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    Agreed Stevin.
     
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    Deep Web Diver, Nov 14, 2004
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    Britain's Bevin Boys start to get official recognition at last-

    Bevin Boys
     
    GRW, Nov 19, 2004
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