Y-12 Calutron Operators

Calutron Operators monitored various components of the machine used to separate isotopes of uranium. Calutron operators were predominately female and worked in shifts 24 hours a day.

Y-12 Calutron Operators
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Subject
Manhattan Project | Uranium enrichment | Calutron

Creator
Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, Record Group 326

Source
Formerly Classified Correspondence Files, 1942-1947

Date
ca. 1944

Rights
National Archives at Atlanta

Format
Still Image

Identifier
National Archives Identifier 1518690

Coverage
Oak Ridge (Tenn.)

Original Format
Photograph Print 8" x 10"
Tags
Manhattan Project | Tennessee | World War II