From the Archives: General Atomics announced San Diego lab 65 years ago
General Atomic, then a division of General Dynamics, announced it would build a nuclear laboratory on city-owned land at Torrey Pines 65 years ago. The John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science was formally dedicated there on June 25, 1959. General Atomics built its first fusion research reactor in the mid-1950s and continues to explore nuclear fusion in San Diego today. From The San Diego Union, Friday, March 2, 1956: Atomic lab to be built here Dynamics Accepts City’s Offer Of Site Near Torrey Pines firm Will Get 15-Year Lease on 300 Acres; Research To Start Immediately Ad...
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