Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

A. U. Avera

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Y-12 beta racetrack.

A. U. Avera worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Related Profiles

L.L. Sphar

Hanford, WA

V. G. Kucheman

Hanford, WA

Julius “Osty” Ostapowicz

Chicago, IL

Julius “Osty” Ostspowicz was a glassblower in the Chemistry Division at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory during the Manhattan Project.

Frank K. Wey, Jr.

Washington, DC

Frank K. Wey, Jr. served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the bombardier on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.