keywords: georgia nuclear aircraft laboratory, lockheed test facility, cold war
Synopsis: Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory, also known as Air Force Plant No. 67 (AFP No. 67), was a Lockheed Test Facility located near Dawsonville Georgia that investigated the feasibility of nuclear or atomic powered aircraft flight during the Cold War years... (read more)
Georgia Nuclear Laboratory - Cold War Test Facility
This site was used for irradiating military equipment and other aspects of nuclear war and it's effects on wildlife. Image of Lockheed Sign directing traffic to the site of Air Force Plant 67. Shows construction of facility, exterior view of reactor building, and workmen assembling the nuclear reactor inside reactor building.
Shows holding tanks and seepage pit, and other building on the site. Shows calibration and placement of instruments for detecting nuclear radiation. Scenes of material being handled by remote controlled or robot arms, hands, and gripping devices in the shielded nuclear radiation containment chambers or hot cells. Scene of lab technician at work in analytical laboratory.
