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Calutron operators at their panels, in the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during World War II. 1944. The calutrons were used to refine uranium ore into fissile material. During the Manhattan Project effort ...

Jean Dow Bachar was a human "computer" at Los Alamos during the Manhattan project. Here, she talks about learning that her work had been used to create the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima ...

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July 1946: A mushroom cloud forms after the initial Atomic Bomb test explosion off the coast of Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images ...

In the biography, “American Prometheus,” Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin wrote about the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, “Robert Oppenheimer was an enigma. A theoretical ...

The atomic bomb was developed in New Mexico, but its first offices were near City Hall Park, giving rise to the name of the endeavor. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Frank Winter (Hickey), one of the more seasoned scientists, competes against Reed Akley (Harbour) to develop the ...

From welding to monitoring nuclear reactors, the Manhattan Project called upon women to step into many traditionally male roles. US Department of Energy The big names of the Manhattan Project, like ...