Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

E. D. Petty

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

Petty worked in the 100 B and D Areas at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

 

Related Profiles

Philip C. Leahy

Grand Junction, CO

Philip C. Leahy was a Major in the United States Army. During World War II, he was placed in charge of establishing a domestic uranium procurement program for the Manhattan Project.

Merl L. Wellman

Tinian Island

Merl L. Wellman served in the 1027th Air Material Squadron.

J. Mulacha

Oak Ridge, TN

J. Mulacha worked for the Edenfield Electric Company.

Mary Frances Vasaly

Oak Ridge, TN

Mary Vasaly worked for the United States Engineer District Office.