Leon Love and George Banic’s Interview
Leon Love was a metallurgist for the Cook Electronic Company in Chicago, IL, and worked under contract with the Manhattan Engineer District. George Banic worked on high voltage power supplies for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, and came to Oak Ridge in March 1944, to help with the Y-12 Plant. In this interview, they describe in detail how the Alpha and Beta calutrons were started, the ionization process, and the variables that affected start-up, such as humidity. They also discuss the failure of a machine in the building and the technical reasons for its failure.