Read The Girls of Atomic City Online
Authors: Denise Kiernan
Tags: #Non-Fiction, #Science, #War, #Biography, #History
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Cade, Ebb (HP-12),
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plutonium injections of,
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calutron cubicle operators,
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calutrons (D units),
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Campbell, Miriam White,
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carbon,
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Carrizozo, N.Mex.,
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Celotex Corporation,
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cemesto,
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censorship,
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of mail,
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of news reports,
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CEW,
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Clinton Engineer Works
Chapel on the Hill,
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Chicago Defender,
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Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory,
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Chicago Pile-1,
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China,
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China Syndrome, The,
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Churchill, Winston,
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church services,
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Clark, Dwight,
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Clarke, Eric Kent,
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Clement, Frank,
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Clinch River,
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Clinton, Bill,
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Clinton, Tenn.,
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Clinton Engineer Works (CEW; Site X; Kingston Demolition Range; the Reservation),
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advantages of location,
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attitudes about,
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average age of workers at,
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badges for workers at,
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cafeterias at,
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black employees at,
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bus system for,
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Castle on the Hill (administration building),
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censorship of letters and,
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clearances for workers at,
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codes used at,
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Congress and,
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construction of,
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displaced former residents as workers at,
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expansion of,
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Groves’s address to workers at,
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guards at,
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informants at,
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K-25 plant,
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bomber plane and,
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closing of,
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construction of,
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gaseous diffusion process at,
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name of,
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shape of building,
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size of,
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start of full operations at,
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K-27 plant,
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local companies angered by,
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map of,
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mud and lack of sidewalks at,
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and news of atomic bomb,
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orientation films at,
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personnel security questionnaires for,
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photographic documentation of,
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plant closings at,
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population size at,
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postwar transformation of,
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progress made at,
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psychiatric issues affecting workers at,
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questions about future of,
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relationship with surrounding communities,
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residents evicted for construction of,
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rumors at,
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S-50 plant,
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construction of,
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liquid thermal diffusion process at,
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operations started at,
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safety and health issues at,
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