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Universal Warning Sign: Yucca Mountain Scrapbook, 2002-2003
A scrapbook for "Universal Warning Sign: Yucca Mountain," an international competition to create a warning sign for the proposed nuclear waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Included in the scrapbook are exhibition photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and a letter. Publications featured include "Neon: Artcetera From the Nevada Arts Council," "The Wall Street Journal," "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Magazine of Global Security News and Analysis," "U.S. News & World Report," "Artweek," "Sette," "Surface," "Wallpaper," "Waste News: The News Source for Businesses that Generate and Manage Waste," and "The Village Voice."
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Felt, Gaelen, 1922-
Dr. Gaelen Lee Felt was a scientist who was active during the height of atomic testing in the mid-twentieth century. He worked for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Felt worked on the Nevada Atomic Test Site and became deputy director of the site in 1955. He then worked for the firm Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G), eventually becoming vice president of the company's technical support group. He served on the Nevada Board of Education beginning in 1965.
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Diven, Benjamin Clinton, 1919-2010
Benjamin Clinton Diven was born January 5, 1919 in Chico, California. Benjamin married Rebecca M. (née Bradford) on June 30, 1951 and had three children: David Clinton, Mary Rebecca, Susan B.
Diven obtainted his Artium Baccalaurens from the University of California located in Berkeley, California. Diven then obtained his masters of science and doctor of phiolosophy from the University of Illinois.
Diven was a scientific advisor for Nevada Operations Office (NVOO) and a scientist for the Los Alamos National Lab (LANL).
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