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Coors, the beer brewer, honored for Manhattan Project work on Y-12 ceramic insulators

Posted at 11:26 am December 14, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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From left to right standing are Colin Colverson, Oak Ridge Site Representative and Office of General Counsel; Padraic Benson, historian, Office of Legacy Management; Tracy Atkins, Principal Representative Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Office of Legacy Management; and Thomas Pauling, Acting Director, Office of Legacy Management. Seated in front is Bill Coors. (Photo courtesy DOE Office of Legacy Management)

 

William Kistler “Bill” Coors is best known for the beer brewed in the Rocky Mountains, but he was honored by federal officials this month for his historic work building ceramic insulators that were used in Oak Ridge to help build the world’s first atomic bombs.

On December 2, Coors received the Energy Secretary’s Appreciation Award in Golden, Colorado, which is west of Denver and at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

The award was presented by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Acting Director Thomas Pauling. It recognizes Coors’ historic role in providing critical insulators to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District, also known as the Manhattan Project, during World War II, a press release said. The Manhattan Project was a top-secret federal program to build the world’s first atomic weapons during the war—before Germany could.

The ceramic insulators were used in uranium enrichment operations at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, which was built as part of the Manhattan Project. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: atomic bombs, atomic weapons, Berkeley Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, calutrons, ceramic insulators, Coors Porcelain Company, Energy Secretary's Appreciation Award, Fat Man, Hiroshima, Japan, Leslie Groves, Little Boy, Los Alamos, Manhattan Engineer District, Manhattan Project, Nagasaki, Richard Condit, Thomas Pauling, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management, uranium enrichment, uranium-235, William Kistler "Bill" Coors, World War II, Y-12 Plant

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