Gallery: Historic Atom Smasher Reduced to Rubble and Revelry
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The Bevatron in 1955
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A construction worker is tested in May for radiation during demolition.
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Nobel Prize winning physicist Edwin McMillan explains the principle behind the 184-inch cyclotron. McMillan's ideas helped improve the concept of the cyclotron and led to the synchrotron. The Bevatron was one of the first synchrotrons built.
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On top of the Bevatron as it is being torn down.
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The preparation for the the Bevatron's 10,000-ton ring of magnets.
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A piece of a Bevatron beamline that has been disassembled.
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The circular tunnel under the Bevatron was later filled in with concrete and steel to support thousands of tons of new shielding that was added during modifications to the accelerator.
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A concrete block that was used to shield people from the Bevatron's radiation.
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The Bevatron's computer control center shown above sat on top of the igloo of concrete shielding that surrounded the machine.
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A pile of Bevatron bits during demolition.
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The Bevatron control panel in 1969 was actually a streamlined version of the original which had many more buttons and dials.
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The hollowed out control room as it looked at the beginning of the demolition.
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