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K.W. Greager

Manhattan Project WorkerHanford, WA

B Reactor/100 AreaChicago, IL
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Wally Greager Listen to K.W. Greager’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

K.W. "Wally" Greager began working at Hanford in late 1951 after graduating from college. He worked on various projects at Hanford, including with the B Reactor there and the process of irraditating the fuel in the tubes in the reactor. 

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