Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Joe Grills

Project StaffB Reactor/100 Area

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

Grills worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Related Profiles

William R. Purnell

Washington, DC

William R. Purnell (1886-1955) was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy and served as the Navy liaison on the Military Policy Committee for the Manhattan Project.

T. B. Curran

Research & Development/300 Area

Curran worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Raymond W. Swartz

Los Alamos, NM

R.J. Stephenson

Chicago, IL

R.J. Stepheson was a consultant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.