Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

James F. Schumar was a metallurgist. In 1940, he became Chief Metallurgist at Wolverine Tube Company. In that capacity, he developed procedures for cladding metallic uranium fuel rods with aluminum and a method to extrude and machine uranium for Hanford’s B Reactor and Chicago Pile-3. In 1946, he was became associate director of the Metallurgy Division at Argonne National Laboratory.

Related Profiles

A. P. Nowlin

Y-12 Plant

A. P. Nowlin worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

H. W. Blanc

Oak Ridge, TN

H. W. Blanc worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

Lois A. Hendrickson

Oak Ridge, TN

Hendrickson worked in the United States Engineer District Office.

James A. Burns

Hanford, WA

James A. Burns served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.