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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
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Panel|Banyan 3
Monday, August 7, 2023|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Monday, August 7, 2023|1:30–3:00PM EDT
Monday, August 7, 2023|3:30–5:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 8, 2023|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 8, 2023|1:30–3:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 8, 2023|3:30–5:00PM EDT
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chair: Bruce Morgen
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chair: Jason Remer
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chairs: Maria Hernandez, Tim Schlimpert
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Session Chairs: Colton Smith, Wale Adeyinka
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Tim Crook, Bill Rosko
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Frank Nelms, Mikayla Florez
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Mikayla Florez, Michael Frankle
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Ray Herb, Pareez Golub
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Bill Rosko
Panel|Banyan 1|Session Chairs: Mark Campagna, Tim Crook
Panel|Calusa 8|Session Chairs: Ray Hruby, Brian Greene, Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Calusa 8|Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Ray Hruby, Brian Greene
Panel|Calusa 8|Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby
Panel|Calusa 8|Session Chairs: Dan Churchman, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Calusa 8|Session Chairs: Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Pete Arthur
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Pareez Golub
Panel|Banyan 2
Panel|Calusa 9|Session Chairs: Juan Panduro, Michelle Gilchrist
Panel|Calusa 10
Panel|Calusa 9
