391: The Manhattan Project


The reactor pile built at the Oak Ridge plant to produce plutonium.

The US atom bomb project was little more than a research project until the US entered the war.

Then it shifted into high gear. The US government invested in multiple plants built to isolate fissile material, while the scientists puzzled over the problem of how to build an atomic bomb.

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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

Prelude in B♭ major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
Composed in 1722 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performed by Kamiko Ishizaka. Public domain recording. Source.

Closing War Theme


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