Sacandaga Facility Information Location 823 Sacandaga Road Glenville, New York The Sacandaga Facility was operated by the General Electric Company Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory for the AEC from 1947 to 1953. AEC-sponsored research at the facility involved physics...
SAM Laboratories, Columbia University Information Location 598 W 120th Street New York, New York Columbia University was already researching some of the problems involved in determining whether it was feasible for the United States to build a nuclear weapon prior to...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Information Location Troy, New York Under an AEC contract in the early 1950s, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute investigated methods for improving the ductility of beryllium by coating the material with copper. The...
Radium Chemical Company Information Location 6006 27th Avenue New York, New York Beginning in 1943, the Radium Chemical Co. supplied most of the radium required for the Manhattan Engineer District. Combinations of material supplied and/or mixed by the Radium Chemical...
Peek Street Facility Information Location Peek Street Schenectady, New York A note in the file for the Sacandaga facility indicates that Peek Street was a predecessor to the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.Throughout the course of its operations, the potential for...
New York University Information Location 10 Washington Place New York, New York New York University worked on the development of counting equipment for the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission. NYU handled a small quantity of uranium for research... 