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Steve Buckingham

ChemistHanford, WA

B Reactor/100 AreaT-Plant/200 Areas
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffScientist
Steve Buckingham Listen to Steve Buckingham’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Steve Buckingham worked as a chemist at the Hanford site beginning in 1947. He understood well how the B Reactor worked and also worked with the T-Plant.

Steve Buckingham’s Timeline
1947 Began work at the Manhattan Project Hanford site

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