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Hoyt Nelson

Project StaffX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

Hoyt Nelson worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.

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