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Frank P. Erichsen

MajorB Reactor/100 Area

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

Major Frank P. Erichsen worked at 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. One of the leading U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officers at Hanford, he was responsible for Pile Area Construction.

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