Kenneth Nichols

Kenneth David Nichols CBE ( Cleveland , 13 de novembro de 1907 ? Bethesda , 21 de fevereiro de 2000 ) foi um oficial do Exercito dos Estados Unidos e um engenheiro civil que trabalhou no projeto secreto Projeto Manhattan , que desenvolveu a bomba atomica durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial . Ele atuou como Engenheiro Adjunto do Distrito subordinado a James C. Marshall , e a partir de 13 de agosto de 1943 como Engenheiro do Distrito do Distrito de Engenheiros do Projeto Manhattan. Nichols liderou tanto a instalacao de producao de uranio no Clinton Engineer Works em Oak Ridge, Tennessee , quanto a instalacao de producao de plutonio no Hanford Engineer Works no estado de Washington .

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