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Seymour Block

PhysicistX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranScientistSpecial Engineer Detachment
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

Attended the City College of New York.

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