In this episode, I take a drive through the former Secret City of Oak Ridge Tennessee where fissile material for the Manhattan Project and U.S. nuclear weapons were produced. I’ll also get a chance to hear from Ray Smith and have interspersed his stories throughout the video.
Image Credits: 1. Military checkpoint – Ed Westcott / U.S. Department of Energy 2. Clinton Engineering Works map – Arthur S. Hardyman 3. Y12/Oak Ridge National Laboratory – U.S. Department of Energy 4. Graphite reactor – Ed Westcott 5. Calutron workers – Ed Westcott / US Army / Manhattan Engineering District 6. Gaseous diffusion plant (K-25) – U.S. Department of Energy 7. Thermal diffusion plant (S-50) – Ed Westcott 8. Gun type vs implosion design – Fatfission 9. Norris dam – Brian Stansberry