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Trinity Site: 1945– 1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
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The Manhattan Project
The story of Trinity Site begins with the formation of the Manhattan Project in June 1942. The project was given overall responsibility of designing and building an atomic bomb. At the time it was a race to beat the Germans who, according to intelligence reports, were building their own atomic bomb.
Under the Manhattan Project three large facilities were constructed. At Oak Ridge, Tenn., huge gas diffusion and electromagnetic process plants were built to separate uranium 235 from its more common form, uranium 238. Hanford, Wash. became the home for nuclear reactors which produced a new element called plutonium. Both uranium 235 and plutonium are fissionable and can be used to produce an atomic explosion.
Los Alamos was established in northern New Mexico to design and build the bomb. At Los Alamos many of the greatest scientific minds of the day labored over the theory and actual construction of the device. The group was led by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer who is credited with being the driving force behind building a workable bomb by the end of the war.
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Chicago: White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office, "The Manhattan Project," Trinity Site: 1945– 1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, ed. Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925 and Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941 and trans. Miall, Bernard in Trinity Site: 1945–1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Original Sources, accessed April 30, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=C4LEIR758KYHYU3.
MLA: White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office. "The Manhattan Project." Trinity Site: 1945– 1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, edited by Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925 and Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941, and translated by Miall, Bernard, in Trinity Site: 1945–1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Original Sources. 30 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=C4LEIR758KYHYU3.
Harvard: White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office, 'The Manhattan Project' in Trinity Site: 1945– 1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, ed. and trans. . cited in , Trinity Site: 1945–1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Original Sources, retrieved 30 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=C4LEIR758KYHYU3.
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