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English: The ORACLE or Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. Here it's being used to analyze the core design of a prototype small reactor for the Army.
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Source At 7:18 in the 1957 film, "Army Package Power Reactor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NH2AUAnzf8&t=438
Author US Atomic Energy Commission

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This is the Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine (ORACLE) computer being used to design the nuclear reactor core of the APPR-1 reactor

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