![]() Suffering in spite of reports to the contrary that They claim the Japanese are lying, andĭeny that radiation could cause such hideous, painful Manhattan Project, hold a press conference at the Leslie Groves, the Army General in charge of the Lingering death for tens of thousands more. Nagasaki kills another 70,000 people immediately, causing The next weeks, months, and years up through the present day. Hiroshima thousands more die of radiation exposure over War instantly kills over 160,000 people in Tennessee, the RadLab's 60-inch cyclotron shuts down forĭecontamination and overhaul after 20,000 Producing plutonium comes online in Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project's research on the atom bomb. Years, RadLab scientists and grad students use theĦ0-inch cyclotron to manufacture plutonium for the ![]() Will split ("fission"), indicating it could be used forĪ bomb or power plant. Operations remaining on Central Campus include Donner Lab, Crocker Lab, LeConte Hall andġ941 - Glenn Seaborg discovers that plutonium ![]() Specifically for radiobiology experiments. The "184" operatesġ940's - Lawrence establishes the Donner Lab 1940 - Construction begins on the184-inchĬyclotron, on the hill above campus where most of Oppenheimer dies of cancer in 1967 at age 62. Lawrenceĭies of colitis in 1958, at the age of 57. Years after being diagnosed with leukemia. Hamilton dies in 1957 at the age of 49, two Of radiation experiments on humans (see sidebar). Manhattan Project, and begins an extensive program Out research on radiation effects on animals for the Up to his neck to show how iodine concentrates in Glassful of radioactive iodine and holds a Geiger counter Hamilton, too, gives public talks about theīenefits of radioisotopes, in which he drinks a The RadLab's radiation health and safety program. Tritium) and Joseph Hamilton, who later establishes The Director of the Manhattan Project, whichĭeveloped the atomic bomb), Luis Alvarez (discoverer of RadLab colleagues Robert Oppenheimer (who became Volunteers drinking the sodium and Lawrence tracking itsĬourse through their bodies. On a national lecture tour which features Wheaton,ĭiscovery, radioactive sodium, will replace radium for ["Lawrence and his Laboratory: Nuclear Science atīerkeley," by J. Scientists discover tritium, along with numerous other [The Plutonium Files, by Eileen Welsome, Dial Press 1999,ġ938 - Using the 60-inch cyclotron, RadLab Scientists experiment with radiation on thousands Their mother, exposing her to whole body neutron Late 1930's - Ernest and John experiment on Money is available for medical research, while During the Depression, the Rad Lab begins toĮmphasize medical applications of radiation because The RadLab and raises big money to build a giant,Ĭyclotron"). Radioactive, and releases radiation into the atmosphere.ġ935 - Ernest's brother, John, an M.D., joins Substances and waste, makes the machines themselves They smash into a target with enough force to shatter Cyclotrons uses magnets to accelerate atoms in a circle until The first of many atom smashers, a "cyclotron,"Īt LeConte Hall on the Berkeley Campus. Radiation Laboratory (nicknamed "RadLab"), builds of California Press 1989, Chapter 1]ġ931 - Lawrence establishes the University's Physicist Ernest Orlando Lawrence away from Yale. Teaching chores, to hire ambitious, charismatic young The University pledges ampleįacilities, equipment, and staff, plus freedom from It isĪlready known for developing electrical and The lead in the hot new field of atomic science. The Chronology by Barbara George 9/8/00 Copyright © 2000ġ928 - In fierce competition against East CoastĪnd European universities, the University ofĬalifornia at Berkeley ("the University") seeks to capture Berkeley Resident Barbara George speaks out on her investigations and report, "Berkeley's Radiation Contamination Chronicles at LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY, LBNL
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