Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Fred Bumpus

Project StaffB Reactor/100 Area

Hanford, WA
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The first large-scale nuclear reactor in history, the B-Reactor, in Hanford, Washington

Bumpus worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Related Profiles

Majorie Feltz

Los Alamos, NM

Majorie Feltz helped with clerical tasks at Los Alamos, including on the facility's supply records and cardex system in 1946.

Langdon Albright Jr.

Los Alamos, NM

Langdon Albright Jr. (1911-1999) was a staff member at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Charles H. Scully

Tinian Island

Charles H. Scully served in the 1027th Air Materials Squadron.

James McGlennon

Tinian Island

James McGlennon served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Laggin’ Dragon.