Happenings
- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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An overview of the Manhattan Project: goals and realizations
By the 1940s the fear that Germany might be developing atomic weaponry was enough to kick start the U.S.'s interest in plutonium production. Colonel James Marshall was commissioned to set up a Corps of Army Engineers whose sole purpose was to develop atomic power. Marshall, who had been in charge of New York's Syracuse Engineer District in 1942 was sent to direct the laboratory for Development of Substitute Metals (DSM) in New York City. The name of the lab was immediately changed to the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) to hide its intent. Marshall, who was inexperienced in the actual production of atomic particles, saw the need for a more able overseer.
By mid September, Marshall brought in Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves. Groves was much more appropriate for the job of atomic development and by December had made substantial efforts to obtain uranium and other project materials for the eventual creation of a massive nuclear weapon.
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