Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Lyman Cox

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

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

Related Profiles

Bob Cook

Hanford, WA

Bob Cook is a nuclear engineer and consultant. He began his career by earning a B.A. in Physics from Washington University.

Herbert York

University of California, Berkeley

Herbert York (1921-2009) was a part-Mohawk American physicist. After graduating with a master’s in physics from the University of Rochester in 1942, York went directly to work at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory connected with the Manhattan Project.

K. E. Harding

Research & Development/300 Area

Harding worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

A. J. MacDonald

Oak Ridge, TN

A. J. MacDonald worked for the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.