Nuclear Weapons Journal, Issue 2, 2005; LALP-05-067
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing of this issue. Wraps. 44 p. Includes illustrations. Some illustrations in color. The Nuclear Weapons Journal (NWJ) publishes unclassified articles on nuclear weapons science and engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory and on facilities, security, safety, and environmental topics related to the weapons programs. The NWJ is a publication of the Principal Associate Directorate for Weapons Programs. The Nuclear Weapons Journal highlights ongoing work in the nuclear weapons program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It is an unclassified quarterly publication. The Lab has a proud history and heritage of more than 70 years of science and innovation. The people at the Laboratory work on advanced technologies to provide the best scientific and engineering solutions to the nation's most crucial security challenges. The primary responsibility of the Laboratory is assuring the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. Though the world is rapidly changing, this essential responsibility remains the core mission. The people of Los Alamos continually work on advanced technologies to provide the United States with the best scientific and engineering solutions to many of the nation's most crucial challenges. The Laboratory was established in 1943 as site Y of the Manhattan Project for a single purpose: to design and build an atomic bomb.
It took just 20 months. On July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos at Trinity Site on the Alamogordo bombing range. Under the scientific leadership of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the military direction of General Leslie R. Groves, scientists at the Laboratory had successfully weaponized the atom. Hitler was defeated in Europe, but the Japanese Empire continued to wage an aggressive Pacific war. So President Harry S. Truman chose to employ atomic bombs in an effort to end WWII. Little Boy, a uranium gun-type weapon, was used against Hiroshima; Fat Man, an implosion plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki. On August 14, the war officially ended. An invasion of the Japanese home islands proved unnecessary, thus sparing thousands of American and Japanese lives. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Trinitite, Neutron Tube, Target Loading, Metallic Foams, High Explosives Testing, Hydrotests, Beryllium Machining, Nevada Test Site, Inertial Fusion, Atomics, Laser Detonator, TA-16-340, T-base Lathe, Coupled Fluid-Solid
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