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Roger Rohrbacher

Roger Rohrbacher was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 11, 1920. He graduated from Macalester College in 1942 with a degree in chemistry and physics. Rohrbacher joined the Manhattan Project and was sent to Hanford in early 1944. He worked as an instrument engineer at the B Reactor. Rohrbacher was tasked with measurign neutron flow and temperature pressure and radiation monitoring. 

Interviews: 
Roger Rohrbacher's Interview [1]
Subjects: 
Corporate Involvement in the Manhattan Project [2]
Safety [3]
Scientific Discoveries [4]
Security & Secrecy [5]
Reflections on the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [6]
Working Conditions [7]
Location: 
Hanford, WA [8]
B Reactor [9]
Tags: 
Enrico Fermi [10]
B Reactor [11]
Uranium [12]
Plutonium [13]
SCRAM [14]
Hanford [15]
DuPont [16]

Source URL: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/people/roger-rohrbacher

Links
[1] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/roger-rohrbachers-interview
[2] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/corporate-involvement-manhattan-project
[3] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/safety
[4] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/scientific-discoveries
[5] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/security-secrecy
[6] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/reflections-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
[7] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/working-conditions
[8] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/hanford-wa
[9] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/b-reactor
[10] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/enrico-fermi
[11] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/b-reactor
[12] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/uranium
[13] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/plutonium
[14] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/scram
[15] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/hanford
[16] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/dupont