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Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.279.295
Item Type
Representation(s)
Extent
1 label, 3.375" x 8.625"
Scope and Content
A spoof label for a water bottle, "NIREX Natural Mineral Water from Cumbria."
This notes on the left side of the label: "Nirex water owes its uniquely long after taste to the half life of plutonium, uranium and their decay products. It is the only British aquifer rich in these radioactive minerals," etc.
On the right side of the label it notes: "Deep down below the Cumbrian Hills, close to the small village of Gosforth, lies the source of Nirex Water. Refreshed by pure natural Lake District rain, Nirex Water filters down through an aquifer of Calder Sandstone. Before rising to the surface through natural faults, the water receives a unique blend of radioactive materials from the decaying NIREX nuclear wast repository which nestles below in the Barrowdale Volcanic rocks," etc.
This label is unused and has its adhesive backing still.
Notes
James Acord sent this item to Janet and Edward Galore on 28 October 1998, along with additional materials.
Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.197.203
Item Type
Representation(s)
Extent
1 card, 8.5" x 11"
Scope and Content
A two-sided punch-out toy model of a Helium atom, produced by the Washington Public Power Supply System, with English on one side ("THE ANATOMY of an ATOM") and Spanish on the other ("La Anatomía de un Átomo").
Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.197.199
Item Type
Representation(s)
Extent
2 cards with affixed items, 3" x 4.5" x ~0.375"
Scope and Content
Two 3" x 4.5" cards with affixed "Simulated Fast Breeder Fuel Pellet" describing the energy contained in a pellet of this size (0.25" x 0.1875" diam.). These cards originate from the Westinghouse Hanford Company.
Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.197.198
Item Type
Representation(s)
Extent
six cards with adhered material, 4.125" x 5.875" x ~0.5" each
Scope and Content
Six cards with affixed "simulated fuel pellet", describing the energy contained in a pellet of this size (about 0.625" long, 0.375" diam.) and noting that Plant 2 of the Washington Public Power Supply System generates enough electricity to serve more than 350,000 homes.
The other side is an image of Plant 2 at the Hanford Site.
Parent item
Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.149
Item Type
Representation(s)
Extent
3.375" x 3.25" x 0.875"
Administrative History
Given to Janet Galore, likely in 1999, and maintained by Janet Galore since.
Scope and Content
An empty box of Беломорканал (Belomorkanal) cigarettes that James Acord likely purchased during his July 1999 trip to Slovenia for the "Atomic" exhibition.
The brand was created in 1932, specifically to commemorate the construction of the "White Sea Canal" for which it is named. While the canal was a major feat of engineering, it's also infamous for being built largely by forced labor from the Soviet Gulag system.
These cigarettes are very strong, unfiltered "papirosa" style cigarettes, with a long cardboard mouthpiece attached to the tobacco section.
Parent item
Collection Assignment
Full Expanded ID
JGC.17.147
Item Type
Extent
2.75" x 5.5"
Administrative History
Given from James Acord to Janet Galore. Maintained by Janet Galore since receipt.
Scope and Content
A 100 tolarjev banknote from the Bank of Slovenia, acquired by James Acord during a July 1999 trip to the "Atomic" exhibition at the Kluže, Slovenia ARTileria.
Given to Janet Galore on return to the U.S.