Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

James F. Schumar was a metallurgist. In 1940, he became Chief Metallurgist at Wolverine Tube Company. In that capacity, he developed procedures for cladding metallic uranium fuel rods with aluminum and a method to extrude and machine uranium for Hanford’s B Reactor and Chicago Pile-3. In 1946, he was became associate director of the Metallurgy Division at Argonne National Laboratory.

Related Profiles

Ludwig W. Greyshock

Los Alamos, NM

Edward Berger

K-25 Plant

Edward Berger worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

Francis H. Coley

Los Alamos, NM

B. J. Stanley

Hanford, WA