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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 04/08/2025 10:00 EDT

How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab

It’s kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until it’s suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and WNP-5) loom over treetops as I drive up to Satsop Business Park, about an hour and a half […]

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