Salt Wells Pilot Plant
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Salt Wells Pilot Plant
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The Salt Wells Pilot Plant was a facility established by the Manhattan Project at the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Inyokern, California, where non-nuclear explosive components of nuclear weapons were manufactured. The first explosives were melted, mixed and poured on 25 July 1945. Between 1945 and 1954, it manufactured explosive components of the Fat Man, Mark 4, Mark 5 and Mark 12 nuclear bombs. The Salt Wells Pilot Plant also helped design, equip, and train workers for the Burlington
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Facility established by the Manhattan Project
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Wells_Pilot_Plant
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2024-02-13T15:03:39Z
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