Tate ClemMrs. BrosiusEnglish Hr. 4 April 11, 2014Manhattan ProjectThe nuclear bomb would change the course of the war, but it took extreme measures scientifically, logistically, and financially ("Manhattan Project"). Before the Manhattan Project, the United States did not value scientific research and discoveries (Arsenault 2). Los Alamos, the site of the Manhattan Project, provided scientists with seclusion for their work. The main goal of the Manhattans Project was to make the nuclear bomb to end World War II, but it expanded from 1938 to 1945 and succeeded in creating two viable nuclear bombs. Enrico Fermi got credit for creating the world's first fission reaction in 1934 (Lusted). In 1938 - 1939, two German chemists bombarded the nucleus of a uranium atom and made barium, they accomplished atomic fission, but they did not realize what they had accomplished ("Manhattan Project" 697 and Lusted). Frisch and Rudolf Peirls published in 1940 that an atomic bomb uses a critical amount of uranium (Cowan). The campaign to create nuclear weapons began, laboratory equipment, work space and time became essential for the United States (Arsenault 1).Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer chose the location for the Manhattan Project site, the Los Alamos Ranch School (Reith). A quote from Oppenheimer: “There are no secrets about the natural world. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men. In January 1943, the United States government purchased the Los Alamos Ranch School and 54,000 acres of land from the Forest Service for $440,000. Hundreds of technicians and workers came to Los Alamos to build additional structures, run offices, teach children, and maintain the growing city. The homes, hastily built in Los Alamos, lacked luxury and privacy. In the middle of the article, the Tan project had beneficial, although questionable, results, such as energy sources and medical treatments. It used nuclear power for its reactors, but it created nuclear waste that could kill or cause cancer (Rossinow). Nuclear power plays a role in the medical field for PET scans and radiation therapy for certain types of cancer. Radiation for the medical field uses low radiation so that people do not die from radiation poisoning (Arsenault 2). The Manhattan Project had deadly effects, at a very high cost. From 1938 to 1945, the Manhattan Project lasted and developed nuclear warfare and energy devices. Even today, nuclear reactors are improving and nuclear medicine is inventing new ways to help people, while the fear of nuclear war persists. Japan is still horrified by the bombings. Russia and America still have stronger nuclear development than other countries.