Detonators at Los Alamos: The Manhattan Project Era and Today
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
This report describes the Manhattan Project and the invention of the exploding Bridgewire Detonator. It is then compared to the modern detonators at LANL while providing diagnostics.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1407919
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-30236
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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