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The National Security Research Center presents “Secret City Babies” and “How to Make a Fat Man”

June 2, 2021

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Fat Man shake test at V site.
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“Secret City Babies” reveals the Manhattan Project baby boom at P.O. Box 1663. “How to Make a Fat Man” examines the creation of the plutonium nuclear weapon that helped end World War II and launch the Atomic Age.

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