Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California Los Alamos New Mexico

By Truslow, Edith C.

Book Id: WPLBN0000702103
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 12.65 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California Los Alamos New Mexico
Author:	Truslow, Edith C.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Energy, Energy and research series
Collections:	Department of Energy Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: These two volumes constitute a record of the technical, administrative, and policy-making activities of the Los Alamos Project (Project Y) from its inception under the Manhattan District through the development of the atomic bomb (Vol. I), and during the period following the end of World War XI until the Manhattan District relinquished control to the Atomic Energy Commission as of January 1947 (Vol. II). Although. Security regulations have required some deletions in the original text of the two volumes, every effort has been made to retain tie original language and expressions of the authors.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: SUMMARY BY CHAPTERS -- CHAPTER I. GENERAL AND TECHNICAL REVIEW -- Necessity for Post War Policy -- General Personnel Problems -- Miscellaneous Problems -- Proposed Philosophies -- Transition Period -- Peacetime Activities Introduced -- The Los Alamos Universi& -- Program for Consultants -- April Conference -- University Affiliation Conference -- August Conference -- Health and Safety Program -- Radiation Fatalities -- Water Shortage -- Technical Organization -- Technical Advisory Boards -- Continuance of the Weapon Engineering Program -- Operation Crossroads -- CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION --