Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Mary Elizabeth Long (Barnes)

Radiochemist Oak Ridge, TN

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

Mary Elizabeth Barnes was a radiochemist working in the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from 1946 to 1952. Barnes was a graduate of the University of Auburn, earning a degree in Chemical Engineering. During the war, Barnes had worked in a land mine factory in Michigan, before moving to Oak Ridge for work in radiochemistry. 

Related Profiles

A. J. Mosso

Oak Ridge, TN

Howard Lowery

Y-12 Plant

Howard Lowery worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

J. F. Tay

Hanford, WA

William Walter Atterson

William W. Atterson lived in Oak Ridge Tennessee and worked at the Y-12 plant where he was in charge of keeping the machine’s working and making sure the work place was running smoothly.