Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

E. E. Weyerts

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

Weyerts worked at the 100-D and 100-F Areas at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Related Profiles

Ralph Lapp

Chicago, IL

Ralph Lapp was an American physicist. He was born in Buffalo, New York in 1917. He was completing his PhD at the University of Chicago when he stumbled upon Enrico Fermi’s team working under Stagg’s Field in December of 1942, and was hired on the spot to work on the development of the atomic bomb.

Robert M. Underhill

Los Alamos, NM

Robert Mackenzie “Bob” Underhill (1893-1988) was a finance officer for the University of California during the Manhattan Project.

Grace Hardin

Oak Ridge, TN

Grace Hardin worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

Robert B. Behr

Tinian Island

Robert B. Behr served in the 509th Headquarters and Base Services Squadron.