By: Alexander Bogobowicz

Varun Neti

Hanford

HOW HANFORD BEGAN

In September 1939, Roosevelt heard that the Nazis were creating an atomic bomb. He, and other government officials started planning an atomic bomb, which was known as the Manhattan Project in 1942. This project continued on until 1945, when the Americans used the atomic bomb on the invading Japanese, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB

The bomb was developed by General Leslie Groves, a student from UW. The bomb was created in Hanford, as Washington was on the Pacific Rim, and “closest” to Japan. The bomb required plutonium, which comes from uranium-238. Plutonium was produced by reactors in Hanford by the Grand Coulee Dam, and the Columbia River. The bomb was first tested in a remote area known as “Trinity,” before it was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bombs was used on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These atomic bombs were called “Little Boy,” and “Fat Man.” These bombs killed 1/3 of the population in Nagasaki, and Hiroshima. These bombs devastated Japan, and caused the Japanese leader to surrender.

AFTERMATH

After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was still radiation in the air. Because of the great amount of radiation in the air, it caused many birth defects on newborn children whose mothers survived the atomic bombs, such as genetic defects, and malformations.

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