Image: Y12 Calutron Operators
Description: 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.
Title: Y12 Calutron Operators
Credit: Ed Westcott / American Museum of Science and Energy, other versions available at http://smithdray1.net/angeltowns/or/go.htm and http://www.flickr.com/photos/amse/2965052816/
Author: Ed Westcott / US Army / Manhattan Engineering District[1]
Permission: This image or file is a work of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. English | italiano | Nederlands | русский | Türkçe | українська | +/− This file was reviewed on 30 July 2009 by the administrator or trusted user NuclearWarfare (talk), who confirmed the Public Domain status on that date.
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