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Phillip Broughton

Phillip Broughton is a health physicist and Deputy Laser Safety Officer at University of California Berkeley. In this interview, he describes how he became a health physicist and the kind of work he does at Berkeley. He provides an overview of the buildings at Berkeley where Manhattan Project scientists worked during the war, and discusses some of the key scientists such as Glenn Seaborg. Broughton also recounts experiences from the year he spent working at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, where in addition to serving as the science cryogenics handler, he also became the Station’s bartender.

Interviews: 
Phillip Broughton's Interview [1]
Subjects: 
Environmental Impact [2]
Innovations [3]
Military-Civilian Relations [4]
Race for the Atomic Bomb [5]
Scientific Discoveries [6]
Security & Secrecy [7]
University Involvement in the Manhattan Project [8]
Location: 
University of California-Berkeley [9]
Tags: 
University of California-Berkeley [10]
J. Robert Oppenheimer [11]
Glenn Seaborg [12]
Silicon Valley [13]
Gilman Hall [14]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [15]
Evans Field [16]
Antarctica [17]
South Pole [18]
Cyclotron [19]
Ernest Lawrence [20]
Radiation Laboratory [21]
Plutonium [22]

Source URL: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/people/phillip-broughton

Links
[1] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/phillip-broughtons-interview
[2] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/environmental-impact
[3] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/innovations
[4] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/military-civilian-relations
[5] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/race-atomic-bomb
[6] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/scientific-discoveries
[7] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/security-secrecy
[8] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/university-involvement-manhattan-project
[9] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/university-california-berkeley
[10] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/university-california-berkeley
[11] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/j-robert-oppenheimer
[12] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/taxonomy/term/5
[13] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/silicon-valley
[14] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/gilman-hall
[15] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory
[16] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/evans-field
[17] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/antarctica
[18] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/south-pole
[19] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/cyclotron
[20] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/ernest-lawrence
[21] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/radiation-laboratory
[22] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/plutonium