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Richard A. Popham

Radioactive Health HazardLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Richard Popham oversaw radiation safety in the Chemistry-Metallurgy Division at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

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