F3. Ashtabula Uranium Metal Extrusion Press. This press in Ohio (USA) squeezed red-hot one-ton depleted uranium metal ingots into long tubes, which were then cut into short pieces and sent to a military reactor where they were turned into plutonium for the Bomb. Reactive Metals Incorporated, Ashtabula, Ohio. 19 June 1984
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