Ekkebus talked about the World War Ii Nuclear Weapons Program known as the Manhattan Project, the programs aftermath and the impact on the Main Development facility in oak ridge, tennessee he focused on the years 1945 to 1950. The American Museum of science and energy and oak ridge hosted this event. Thank you very much. Please to be here in the American Museum of science and energy. The talk tonight is focusing on the first five years after the war. A great many changes have occurred. Im including what i consider some of the less frequent he mentions topics of this. There we have images of the beta cal you trond and the top, jackson square, a great high and the sppy valley 50 plant and steam plant at the kate when he five site. K 25 site. The theme of this time is change. There was a change from the army corps of engineers to the Atomic Energy commission both leaders and goals. There was change in the town. And labor, congress, the Atomic Energy act, there is the search for spies that
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Edward Brooks Wilkinson Jr., 66, husband of Shannon Milkie Wilkinson, died Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Prisma Health Tuomey. Brooks was born in Sumter on March 3, 1958. He was brought home to 9 …