former Combustion Engineering nuclear power test facility

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Combustion Engineering (later ABB and now Alstom) used to have a nuclear power testing facility here.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion_Engineering

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Coordinates: 41°53'16"N 72°42'43"W

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JPP355

This entire area is in the process of being 'cleaned' by the Enviromentl Protection Agency. In the 60s and 70s this area was full of nuclear testing equipment and part of a reactor was rumored to have been shipped along the nearby railroad line through surrounding towns, including Hartford.

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