Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Clarence W. Satchell

Project StaffX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

Clarence W. Satchell worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.

He was born on November 13, 1906 in Crowley, LA. His parents were George A. and Libby Terrell Satchell. He had four siblings, Harry, George Jr., Ulmond, and Wallace. Clarence married Marie Olite Broussard on November 6, 1930 in Acadia Parish, LA. He passed away on December 22, 1955 in Augusta, GA, and was buried in Crowley, LA. He and his wife had no children. 

Related Profiles

Karl D. Larsen

Chicago, IL

Dr. Karl Larsen worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the Manahattan Project. While there, he conducted heavy-water research by spectrum analysis, which was one of the prerequisites to the early atomic bombs.

May Jayne

Chicago, IL

May Jayne was a stenographer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Norman Griebe

Tinian Island

Norman Griebe served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.

Gordon D. Judkins

Tinian Island

Gordon D. Judkins served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.