Robert Del Tredici - At Work in the Fields of the Bomb

77. Oak Ridge Y-12

Converts enriched uranium compounds to metal and then casts, rolls, and machines it to extremely precise tolerances for bomb parts. Y-12 employs 7,200 people. Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. August 10, 1983.

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