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Description: Groves admired Lawrence's drive and confidence, and the Manhattan Engineering District generously supported the Rad Lab's conversion to peace-time research. "[It is] in the best interest of the government," Groves said, and authorized the completion of the 184-inch synchrocyclotron and the construction of an electron synchrotron, both of which used a concept that McMillan had developed towards the war's end. The completion of the 184-inch synchrocyclotron cost the District $170,000, the construction of the electron synchrotron $230,000 in cash plus $203,000 in surplus capacitors from Oak Ridge. (The preceding information was excerpted from the text of the Fall 1981 issue of LBL Newsmagazine.) In 1945-46, the 184-inch was converted from a calutron to a synchrocyclotron; Ernest O. Lawrence and staff posed with the magnet.
Citation Caption: LBL News, Vol.6, No.3, Fall 1981 | In 1945-46, the 184-inch was converted from a calutron to a synchrocyclotron; Lawrence and staff posed with the magnet. || LBL NEWS Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1981, p. 47
TEID Doc ID: XBD 9606-02772.TIF
Title: Larence and staff posing with synchrocyclotron magnet
People: Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Equipment: 184 inch cyclotron magnet