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James L. Gordon

Electrical Engineer Hanford, WA

Manhattan Project Veteran
The first large-scale nuclear reactor in history, the B-Reactor, in Hanford, Washington

James Gordon was an electrical engineer working as a civilian contractor for the DuPont Company at the Hanford, Washington site for the Manhattan Project.

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