The Girls of Atomic City (66 page)

first self-sustaining nuclear reaction with,
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–78

forms of,
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–100,
104

Germany’s research on,
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,
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,
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,
252
–53,
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oxide,
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production contest for,
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–10

purchase of,
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,
18
–19

separation of isotopes by electromagnetic method,
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,
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–5,
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,
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,
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separation of isotopes by gaseous diffusion,
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–2,
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,
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separation of isotopes by liquid thermal diffusion,
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,
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–8,
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–73,
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shipment from Site X to Site Y,
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–32,
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–7

T-235,
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–105,
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,
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T-238,
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–104,
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tetrafluoride,
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workers’ knowledge about,
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–19

Turner Construction,
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U

Union Carbide,
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,
259

Union Minière du Haut Katanga,
18

unions,
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United Nations,
299

United States Employment Service,
85

United States Engineering Department,
89

Università di Roma La Sapienza,
33

University of California,
16

Berkeley Radiation Laboratory,
xv
,
16
,
102
,
152

Uppuluri, Shigeko,
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uranium,
see
Tubealloy

Urey, Harold,
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V

Vanden Bulck, Charles,
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–11,
39
,
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,
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,
196

Celia Szapka and,
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,
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VE Day,
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,
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,
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VJ Day,
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,
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W

Walker, Joel,
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War Department,
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,
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,
291

letter to CEW workers from,
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–71

War Manpower Commission (WMC),
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War of the Worlds,
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War Powers Commission,
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Warren, Stafford,
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,
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,
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,
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–7

in Japan,
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–90,
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Warren, Vi,
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radio address of,
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Washington News,
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Washington Press Club,
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Waters, Enoch P.,
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Weil, George,
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Wells, H. G.,
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,
57

Wendover Army Air Field,
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Westcott, James Edward “Ed” (“the Photographer),
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,
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–31,
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,
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–33,
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–41,
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–46,
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,
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,
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Western Worker,
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Westinghouse,
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Whitaker, Carl,
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–200

Whitehead, Ed,
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Wigner, Eugene,
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,
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,
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Wilcox, Bill,
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,
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–74,
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Wilkins, J. Ernest, Jr.,
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Wilkinson, Dorothy Jones (“Dot”),
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–71,
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–95,
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,
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–19,
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,
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,
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–87,
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–5,
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–9,
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arrival at CEW,
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as calutron cubicle operator,
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,
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,
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,
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on date,
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–64

marriage of,
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,
217
–18

Paul Wilkinson and,
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pregnancy of,
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social life of,
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–16

training of,
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–69

Wilkinson, Paul,
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,
218
–19

Dot’s marriage to,
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,
217
–18

Williams, Hal,
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Wiltrout, Glen,
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wine,
143
–44

Winnie the Pooh
(Milne),
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Women’s Air Corps (WAC),
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–12,
155

Women’s National Press Club,
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Wood, Nancy Farley,
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Woods, Leona,
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,
75
–78

World Set Free, The
(Wells),
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World’s Fair,
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World War II,
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–6,
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–26,
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–34,
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,
185
,
238
,
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B-29s in,
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,
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end of,
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–73,
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in Europe, end of,
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–30

news of,
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–34

in Pacific,
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,
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,
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;
see also
Japan Pearl Harbor,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Statement of Availability employment program during,
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,
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X-10 plant,
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,
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,
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,
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–84,
100
,
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,
259
,
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,
279

construction of,
100

name of,
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as scientific research facility,
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X-rays,
279

Y

Yamada, Kisetsu,
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Y-12 plant,
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,
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,
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,
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–84,
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–6,
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