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File:Oak Ridge Y-12 Alpha Track.jpg

Description Alpha Track Calutron at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee from the Manhattan Project, used for uranium enrichment by electromagnetic separation process. See http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/alpha_racetrack.htm for additional information.
Date Circa 1944-1945.
Source http://www.dpi.anl.gov/dpi2/ph_gallery/pic11s.htm
Also obtainable from U.S. Department of Energy; http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/images/Y12AlphaVeryLarge.jpg
Author Ed Westcott (James Edward Westcott), in official capacity as photographer employed by the US government.


Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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