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Ray Smith is the historian at the Y-12 National Security Complex. His specific focus is the history of Oak Ridge, and he is intimately acquainted with the uranium enrichment processes undertaken at the Y-12, K-25, and S-50 plants during the Manhattan Project, and how the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs worked.

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E. D. Kane

Y-12 Plant

E. D. Kane worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Elvin E. Kuehn

K-25 Plant

Attended Eau Claire State University.

Patricia Hansard

Wendover, UT

Patricia Hansard worked as a “cubicle girl” in the Y-12 Plant from 1943 until the end of the war.

C. J. Klein

X-10 Graphite Reactor

C. J. Klein worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.