Well, it’s not actually a glove box, but it’s meant to approximate one, I think. Decorating a tree, Hanford-style:
The photo was taken at the Hanford Science Center in the 1960s, and was from an exhibit probably meant to illustrate how dextrous the remote-handling equipment was.
But let’s imagine it’s a real glove box, and that the tree is dangerously radioactive. Just for fun, and in the spirit of Christmas cheer.
Happy Holidays, from Restricted Data!
Tags: 1960s, Hanford
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Citation: Alex Wellerstein, "A glove box Christmas tree," Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog, December 25, 2012, accessed May 12, 2025, https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2012/12/25/glove-box-christmas-tree/.
Is it a glove box if there are no arms? Or is this called an example of a hot cell?
It’s just not Christmas, without dangerous radioactivity!
Looks like a wooden mock-up of a lightly shielded hot cell (note the hole on the roof and the lack of a boot on the manipulator). Is that an old version of the CRL model 7 manipulator?