Jumbo The Trinity Test

The Trinity Test. Jumbo. The bomb design to be used at Trinity Site actually involved two explosions. First there would be a conventional explosion involving the TNT and then, a fraction of a second later, the nuclear explosion, if a chain reaction was maintained. The scientists were sure the TNT would explode, but were initially unsure of the plutonium. If the chain reaction failed to occur, the TNT would blow the very rare and dangerous plutonium all over the countryside.

The Trinity Test Site – Page 7 – White Sands Missile Range Museum

5. Jumbo: View of remains, from west-northwest - White Sands

Trinity Site, by The U.s. Department of Energy

The Trinity Test Site – Page 7 – White Sands Missile Range Museum

The Trinity Test Site – Page 7 – White Sands Missile Range Museum

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WSMR open up the Trinity site twice a year

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Wandering to the Trinity Site

Trinity Test -1945 - Nuclear Museum

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