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Leon Love

MetallurgistY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffScientist
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee Listen to Leon Love’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Leon Love was a metallurgist for the Cook Electronic Company in Chicago, IL, and worked under contract with the Manhattan Engineer District. He worked at the Y-12 Plant in the Isotopes Separation Department, and was an expert on how the Alpha and Beta Calutrons operated.

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