Y12_Calutron_Operators.jpg
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Description Y12 Calutron Operators.jpg |
English:
Calutron operators at their panels, in the
Y-12 plant
at
Oak Ridge, TN
during
World War II
. The
calutrons
were used to refine uranium ore into fissile material. During the
Manhattan Project
effort to construct an atomic explosive, workers toiled in secrecy, most having no idea to what end their labors were directed. Gladys Owens, the woman seated in the foreground, didn't understand the exact purpose of her job until seeing this photo in a public tour of the facility fifty years later.
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Date |
circa 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
to 45
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Source | Ed Westcott / American Museum of Science and Energy, other versions available at http://smithdray1.net/angeltowns/or/go.htm and https://www.flickr.com/photos/amse/2965052816/ | ||||
Author | Ed Westcott / US Army / Manhattan Engineering District [1] | ||||
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work
of the
U.S. federal government
, the image is in the
public domain
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