Norris Bradbury

Norris Edwin Bradbury (30 May 1909 – 20 August 1997), was an American physicist. He served as Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He replaced Robert Oppenheimer. Bradbury worked with Oppenheimer 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.

Norris Bradbury
Norris Bradbury
Born	(1909-05-30)30 May 1909 Santa Barbara, California
Died	20 August 1997(1997-08-20) (aged 88) Los Alamos, New Mexico
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Pomona College BA University of California, Berkeley PhD
Known for	Succeeded J. Robert Oppenheimer as Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Awards	Legion of Merit (1945) Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1966) Enrico Fermi Award (1970)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Stanford University University of California Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thesis	Studies on the mobility of gaseous ions (1932)
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Norris Bradbury Media

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  Bradbury's Los Alamos badge

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  Trinity Test, July 1945. Bradbury stands next to the partially assembled Gadget atop the test tower.

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  Bradbury (left) sits at a table with Leslie Groves of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (center) and Eric Jette

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  Bradbury (left) in front of the Kiwi B4-A reactor used to power a nuclear rocket

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  Bradbury with his predecessor Robert Oppenheimer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1964

Other websites

• "Interview with Norris Bradbury, 1986 [1]". WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
• "Interview with Norris Bradbury, 1986 [2]". WGBH Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2014.