Urban Exploring at ISU
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Perfect, I'll bring brats and my fists...just in case the crazy old man shows up and wants to throw down. I'll introduce him to The Honorable Judge Richard Allenby and Shemp McGilly...my left and right fists. Seriously, though, bostinelosd, do you want to go there with me this weekend?
Ah wish I could, but the wife and kids in Sioux City might take issue with it. =) Next time Im in Ames, I may consider it!
I can't wait to see pics from you guys who are going to brave going out there!
We do need proof that you were there!
I still haven't really seen a good pic even from that video. It is hard to see exactly what everything is.
We do need proof that you were there!
I still haven't really seen a good pic even from that video. It is hard to see exactly what everything is.
You weren't the only one then...:wink:
We need a roll call on people who have gone by and people who haven't :biglaugh:
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uranium, actually. I believe a group associated with iowa state (spedding and wilhelm?) developed a way to enrich the uranium from U-238 to U-235. Chemistry professor told us in class one day a whole lot about it. Apparently they used the back stairwell in Gilman to do it. The one to the north of the big lecture hall. Whether it was an enrichment column or stairwell first, i don't know. But apparently there are pictures of guys with buckets of uranium standing on top of gilman above this column. That's what I remember him saying anyways. How much is true, who knows. Lots of uranium in and out of ames by rail.....
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There is a room in Nuclear Engineering that people are only allowed in for a few minutes at a time due to radiation.
ISU was one of the universities that was enriching uranium for the Manhattan Project. I remember a story in the Daily about it, I think it was about how the parts of the building were too contaminated to tear down, they had to just board it up and leave it (?) This would of been in the late '90s or early 2000's.
I've also been told that Nuclear is designed structurally to implode in case of an explosion or everything. That it would fail inward, rather than blow apart.
I piqued my own interest with this uranium business, and found this. Doesn't corroborate ANY of my story, :skeptical: but still an interesting history read nonetheless.
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The Ames Project
also, from the isu website,
I piqued my own interest with this uranium business, and found this. Doesn't corroborate ANY of my story, :skeptical: but still an interesting history read nonetheless.
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The Ames Project
also, from the isu website,
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Ames Laboratory did a lot of work with that... and several buildings are named for those people (Spedding for example)
Between Spedding/TASF/Gilman there is a shrine to the Manhattan project
Nothing fancy, just a little display case
I've heard the story that Physics hall's roof was built on a hinge so if an explosion took place the pressure would go up insted of blowing the walls out. Doubt there is much truth to it but funny story anyways
During the project, I guess one of the buildings caught fire (Dont' remember what the building was called) The Ames Fire Department showed up to put the fire out, but due to the secrecy of the project they weren't allowed in the building - they just had to stand there and watch the building burn to the ground
Uranium was refined in columns on top of Gilman
I've heard various other stories I can't keep track of or never got enough details on, including various reactors on campus, waste disposal, ect, particuarly around the Applied Science Complex
Between Spedding/TASF/Gilman there is a shrine to the Manhattan project
Nothing fancy, just a little display case
I've heard the story that Physics hall's roof was built on a hinge so if an explosion took place the pressure would go up insted of blowing the walls out. Doubt there is much truth to it but funny story anyways
During the project, I guess one of the buildings caught fire (Dont' remember what the building was called) The Ames Fire Department showed up to put the fire out, but due to the secrecy of the project they weren't allowed in the building - they just had to stand there and watch the building burn to the ground
Uranium was refined in columns on top of Gilman
I've heard various other stories I can't keep track of or never got enough details on, including various reactors on campus, waste disposal, ect, particuarly around the Applied Science Complex
I know we didn't produce all the uranium for the origional bombs, but it is my understanding we provided the core of the bombs dropped on Japan, as our uranium was the highest quality
bostinelosd....you MAY have just turned this thread into a "zombie-plan" thread....we may start spiraling out of control shortly..... 
bostinelosd....you MAY have just turned this thread into a "zombie-plan" thread....we may start spiraling out of control shortly.....
Sorry, I had a dream about it the other night again. I may need to see someone.
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