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Science Museum Attractions In Reno

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Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately 22 miles from Lake Tahoe. Known as The Biggest Little City in the World, Reno is famous for its hotels and casinos and as the birthplace of Harrah's Entertainment . It is the county seat of Washoe County, in the northwestern part of the state. The city sits in a high desert at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and its downtown area occupies a valley informally known as the Truckee Meadows. It is named after slain Union general Jesse L. Reno. Reno is the third-most populous city in Nevada after Las Vegas and Henderson and the most populous city in the state o...
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  • 1. The Discovery - Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum Reno
    Uranium mining in the United States produced 3,303,977 pounds of U3O8 in 2015, 32% lower than 2014's production of 4,891,332 pounds of U3O8 and the lowest US annual production since 2005. The 2015 production represents 7% of the anticipated uranium market requirements of the US's nuclear power reactors for the year.Production came from one conventional uranium mill in Utah, and six in-situ leach operations: four in Wyoming, one in Texas and one in Nebraska.
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  • 2. Fleischmann Planetarium Reno
    The Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium was built in 1963 on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. It was the first planetarium in the United States to feature a 360-degree projector capable of providing horizon-to-horizon images and through time-lapse photography showing an entire day's weather in a few minutes. Currently it offers public star shows.The planetarium's uniquely shaped building, a hyperbolic paraboloid, was designed by famed Reno architect Raymond M. Hellmann and is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings
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  • 3. The W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum Reno
    The Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering is a specialized school within the University of Nevada, Reno. It is named after John Mackay.
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