Norris Bradbury
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Norris Edwin Bradbury was an American physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He succeeded Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project during World War II.
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Bradbury's Los Alamos badge
Trinity Test, July 1945. Bradbury stands next to the partially assembled Gadget atop the test tower.
Bradbury (left) sits at a table with Leslie Groves of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (center) and Eric Jette
Bradbury (left) in front of the Kiwi B4-A reactor used to power a nuclear rocket
Bradbury with his predecessor Robert Oppenheimer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1964Awards 4
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Kimberly KaganAlso won Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
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Paul AlivisatosAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardAbout this person
Norris Edwin Bradbury was an American physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He succeeded Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Bradbury was in charge of the final assembly of "the Gadget", detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test.
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