The Frank H. Neely Nuclear Research Center , also known as the Neely Research Reactor and the Georgia Tech Research Reactor was a nuclear engineering research center on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus, which housed a 5 megawatt heavy water moderated and cooled research reactor from 1961 until 1995. It was decommissioned in November 1999. The building that housed the reactor was demolished to make way for the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center .
8-451: The center is named for Frank H. Neely , a Georgia Tech graduate and businessman who organized the first Georgia Nuclear Advisory Commission , an essential step in the creation of the reactor and associated facilities. The center and associated reactor was built after campus president Blake R. Van Leer appointed a Nuclear Science Committee, which included Georgia Tech Research Institute director James E. Boyd . The committee recommended
16-597: The Schlesinger Candy Factory run by his father-in-law Harry Lionel Schlesinger (1856-1920). In 1915 Neely joined Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills where he was production manager in plants of the company in Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, New York, and Minneapolis. In 1924 Neely became general manager in Rich's Department Store in Atlanta, where his friend Walter Rich was president. Here he spend
24-426: The creation of a Radioisotopes Laboratory Facility and a large research reactor. The laboratory was built and dedicated on January 7, 1959, and could receive, store, and process radioactive materials. The research reactor would be completed in 1963. The reactor was shut down in 1988 due to safety concerns, and was defueled due to safety concerns related to the nearby 1996 Summer Olympics events. The reactor building
32-609: The first superintendent of the schools of Rome, and Henrietta Eve Carmichael Neely, Neely obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1904. After his graduation Neely started his career in industry at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh. From 1908 to 1915 he was independent consulting engineer in Atlanta, among others working for
40-774: The local and regional civic activities. He was one of the founding members of the Atlanta Improvement Association, later Central Atlanta Progress , initiated the Special Relief Commission in 1931, and chaired Fulton the Community Chest at County Department of Public Welfare from 1931 to 1934. In World War II he directed the War Production Board in the region. Her he was "instrumental in bringing Bell Aircraft Corporation (now Lockheed Martin) to Atlanta." After
48-527: The rest of his career climbing up the ladder to executive vice president and secretary, and eventually became president. Afterwards he served chairman of the board of trustees. In his years at Rich's Neely "helped turn around the ailing department store. Most notable among his achievements was his dictum that the customer is always right, making the store famous for its liberal exchange policy." In his years in Atlanta Neely also participated in many of
56-677: The war Neely was appointed first chair at Georgia State Department of Commerce in 1948, and chair of the Georgia Better Roads Committee in 1952. In 1953 in Washington he became "a member of the Committee on Business Organization of the Department of Defense and he later served as a member of Kennedy's White House Committee on Youth Employment." In the 1930s Neely had been named "Citizen of Atlanta." In 1941 he
64-626: Was torn down after the decommissioning, with the remainder removed as of 2015. Frank H. Neely Frank Henry Neely (January 19, 1884 – May 24, 1979) was an American mechanical engineer , consulting engineer , and President of Rich's Department Store in Atlanta. He is known for his civic activities in Atlanta, and as recipient of the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1952. Born in Augusta, Georgia to Benjamin Neely,
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