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Robotic arms have cut a fuel rod assembly and the assembly is being removed and the fuel goes to processing.

Functional profiles of the ODEX I, a remote observation robot built to observe dangeriously radioactive areas.

ODEX I was built for remote observation of dangeriously radioactive areas, specifically Three Mile Island. According to Jerry Tallent the prototype was not very funcational and although another was requested it was not built.

Picture of a Jerry Tallent loading fuel pellets using a glove box while two other workers observe.

Jerry Tallent posing with fuel driver assembly for a photographer proof

Jerry Tallent and two other workers running a FFTF fuel driver assembly Dismantling machine.

Group viewing the Dismantling machine through a six-foot wall and glass. The wall was lined with lead BB's to block radiation emitted from plutonium. Jerry Tallent on left.

From left to right: Dawson, W.F. Walker, Pete Titzler, and Jerry Tallent at the far right.

From left to right: Dawson, W.F. Walker, Pete Titzler, and Jerry Tallent at the far right.

The robotic arm cuts the outside of the assembly and exposes the fuel rods.

A relation to Jerry Tallent

Business card for Charles C. Boggs, Western Regional Sales Manager for Odetics inc., a robotics company

A steel arm used in the fuel rod Dismantling machine.

A steel arm used in the fuel rod Dismantling machine.

A group of visiting foreign nuclear scientists and policymakers viewing the Dismantling machine at the Hanford Engineering Development Lab. The dismanteler, developed by Jerry Tallent, cut open fuel rods by welding copper to stainless steel which…

Jerry Tallent operating the SN005, a fuel rod Dismantling machine that he help invent.

"Greg" demonstrating operation of a glove box assisted by a lift while Jerry Tallent operates lift at the Hanford Engineering Development Lab.

Jerry Tallent posing as an operator of the Dismantling machine.

Closeup of a fuel pin canister showing hexigonal fuel rod formation.

Manipulator arm taking apart a fuel rod.

A certification that Jerry Tallent is qualified to operate a MULTIPAK 601 Anvil Press and a MULTIPAK 1602 3 Mode Press.

A Certificate of Merit presented to Jerry Tallent for his work on the Dismantling Machine Design Team.