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The Ford Reactor series, 1951-1970 (1.5 linear ft.), was primarily generated from the office of W.R. Dunbar while he served as reactor supervisor. Material in the series includes correspondence with director William Kerr and general correspondence relating to reactor operations. There are also operations summaries, operator training materials, reports, and notes. Operations summaries delineate the number of hours the reactor operated at various powers and the extent to which work was oriented toward teaching or toward research. The series includes a survey designed by Dunbar in 1964 to identify and describe educational, research, and industrial nuclear reactors in existence at the time in the United States. Construction related documents are also contained in the files.