Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

James E. King

ChemistOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
The Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

James King worked at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the uranium purification process from February 1944 to February 1947. He also helped set up a new chemical process by extracting uranium from other solutions. While at Oak Ridge, King met his wife, Louise T. King.

Related Profiles

V. D. Donihee

T-Plant/200 Areas

V. D. Donihee worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

C. E. Stone

X-10 Graphite Reactor

C. E. Stone worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.

Willard E. Gaskins

Tinian Island

Willard E. Gaskins served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron. 

C. A. Gosline

T-Plant/200 Areas

Gosline worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.