Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

F. A. Valente

CaptainB Reactor/100 Area

Hanford, WA
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The first large-scale nuclear reactor in history, the B-Reactor, in Hanford, Washington

Valente worked in the 100-D Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Related Profiles

Joseph E. Draley

Chicago, IL

Joseph E. Draley was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

George Albers

Hanford, WA

Irving L. Ellis

Hanford, WA

Milo V. Martin

Washington, DC

Milo Martin worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.