Manhattan District History Nonscientific Aspects of Los Alamos Project Y 1942 through 1946

Book Id: WPLBN0000680354
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File Size: 8.82 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Manhattan District History Nonscientific Aspects of Los Alamos Project Y 1942 through 1946
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Energy, Energy and research series
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Department of Energy Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt: FOREWORD; This volume of the Manhattan Engineer District History, by Edith C. Truslow who was a WAC 2nd Lieutenant at the Project, gives a concise account of the nonscientific part of the Y Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, from its inception through 1946, when the Atomic Energy Commission assumed control. The ultimate achievements performed at Project Y are well known. Little can be said to add to this page of world history. The purpose of this record is to present the facts of construction, organization, and personnel and of various problems faced and met by those responsible for assisting in the final accomplishment of the task set for Los Alamos. One of the chief difficulties in securing data for this volume arose from security restrictions during the early operations of the Project. Many of the transactions were carried on orally to ensure secrecy, and so no written record was preserved. In other instances, data were destroyed to further protect the secret of the bomb. This complete secrecy was one of the most amazing aspects of the entire program, but it produced one of the greatest obstacles to piecing the story together for historical purposes. Fortunately, many of those involved in the founding of Los Alamos were still at the Project in 1946 and could supply facts from actual experience. Their assistance and cooperation were invaluable. -d -d