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Everett Weakley

Chemical EngineerB Reactor/100 Area

Hanford, WA
Engineer
Everett Weakley Listen to Everett Weakley’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Everett Weakly arrived in Hanford in 1950 after graduating from the University of Idaho as a chemical engineer. Weakley was hired by DuPont to can fuel elements in the 300 Area at Hanford. 

Everett Weakley’s Timeline
1950 Graduated from the University of Idaho.

1950 Hired by General Electric and began work at Hanford on tritium extraction.

19511993 Worked on fuel elements in the 300 Area.

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