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Arthur R. Picott

Instrument EngineerK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Oak Ridge, K-25

Arthur R. Piccot attended the Bridgeport Engineering Institute. He later served at Ok Ridge to help procure “yellow cake” (a type of powdered uranium concentrate). At this job, he would meet his wife, Hellen Louise Piccot. Arthur and Helen Piccot had 3 children together. After his time at Oak Ridge, he left to work in the Nuclear Energy and Space Industry.

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