The Girls of Atomic City (57 page)

Arizona,
USS,
71

Army, U.S.,
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,
145

Corps of Engineers,
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,
291

Counter Intelligence Corps,
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,
303
–4

Asahi Shimbun,
290

atom,
32
,
56

Bohr’s model of,
60

neutrons in,
32
–34

bombardment of Tubealloy with,
33
,
58
–59

fission and,
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,
76
,
100

nucleus of,
32
,
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splitting,
34

atomic bomb (“the Gadget”),
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100
,
230
–31,
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Eisenhower and,
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Germany’s research on,
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,
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,
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,
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–53,
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gun version of,
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,
226
–27,
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implosion version of,
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,
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,
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,
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Interim Committee and,
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–28,
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Jumbo container for,
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and,
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news of CEW’s involvement in,
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,
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–57,
259
–62,
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–68,
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–71,
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in popular culture,
298
–99

Soviet Union and,
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,
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,
299

Stimson on,
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test of,
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–38,
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,
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,
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atomic bombing of Japan,
see
Japan, atomic bombing of

atomic energy,
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,
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Atomic Energy Act,
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,
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Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),
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,
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,
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,
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,
305
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files on,
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–13

Atomic Energy Community Act,
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atomic fission,
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,
76
,
100
,
260
,
263
,
293
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Atomic Heritage Foundation (AHF),
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,
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atomic number,
32

Austria,
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B

B-29s,
230

Enola Gay,
252
,
313

babysitting,
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–96,
127

Bainbridge, Kenneth,
244

Baker, Nicholas,
see
Bohr, Niels

Baker and Williams Warehouses,
9
–10

barium,
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,
60

Barkley, Alben,
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Barnett, Paul,
44

Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The,
298
–99

beer,
143
–44

Beginning or the End, The,
294

Belgian Congo,
18
,
99

Bell, Daniel,
104

Berkeley Radiation Laboratory,
xv
,
16
,
102
,
152

Bethe, Hans,
174

Big Ridge Park,
142

Bingaman, Jeff,
313

Black, Clifford (“Blackie”),
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,
139
–40,
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,
216
,
247
,
280
–82,
305
–6

Colleen’s marriage to,
305

proposal of,
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,
280
–82

Black, Colleen Rowan,
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,
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–82,
85
–90,
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,
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,
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,
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–42,
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,
214
–16,
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,
247
,
253
,
280
–82,
305
–7,
314

arrival at CEW,
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,
84

Christmas and,
189
–90

Clifford Black and,
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,
139
–40,
214
,
216
,
247
,
280
–82

Clifford’s marriage to,
305

Clifford’s proposal to,
216
,
280
–82

fatigues worn by,
214
–15

housing and,
86

as leak test operator,
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–27,
214
,
260

memorabilia saved by,
90

Black Oak Ridge,
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,
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black residents,
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,
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–92,
97
,
144
–46,
276
,
301
–2

cafeteria for,
92

housing for,
47
,
48
,
91
–92,
145
–46

school segregation and,
302

Bohemian Club,
15

Bohemian Grove,
15
–17

Bohr, Niels (“Nicholas Baker”),
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,
58
–61,
174
–75

Bragg, Peter, Jr.,
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Braun, Eva,
227

Brewing Industry Foundation,
143

Brooks, Robert,
308

Brown, Helen Hall,
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,
1
–2,
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–74,
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–62,
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,
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,
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,
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,
277
,
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,
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basketball and softball played by,
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–41,
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–59,
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,
302

as calutron cubicle operator,
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–17

clearance for,
72

marriage of,
302

recruited as informant,
72
–74,
117
–18

recruited for CEW,
159
–60

Brown, Lloyd,
302

Brown, Mrs.,
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,
135

Brown-Patterson Agreement,
85

Burchett, Wilfred,
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–91

Bush, Vannevar,
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–59