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Due to the scarcity of copper during World War II, Y-12's engineers were forced to substitute silver to run the calutrons.
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E.O. Lawrence's calutrons separated the isotopes that made the first Atomic bomb possible. However, his methods caused some excitement at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Y-12 goes from a wartime posture to a peacetime mission when it pioneers nuclear medicine.
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Operation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September of 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission.
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This documentary deals with the Operation Castle, a series of high-energy (high-yield) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force SEVEN (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954.
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Documentary about the United States "Test Baker" nuclear weapons test on 25 July 1946. This was the first of two test in Operation Crossroads.
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Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Films
These are a series of films that have been declassified by the Department of Energy.
They consist of films of nuclear tests, weapons development and other weapons related activities.