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George W. Royster

PhysicistOak Ridge, TN

X-10 Graphite Reactor
Manhattan Project VeteranScientist
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

George Royster was a civilian physicist working at the X-10 graphite reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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