Video Clip: Why Was Los Alamos Selected for the Manhattan Project?

Description

Cynthia Kelly, founder and President of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, discussed why Los Alamos, New Mexico was chosen as the site during WW2 to coordinate elements for the first nuclear weapons.

3 minutes

Keywords

  • Calutron
  • Electromagnet Separation
  • Gaseous Diffusion
  • Plutonium
  • Thermal
  • Uranium