Radio Wales Extra

The little known story of the Welsh scientists who developed atomic weapons and how their research eventually turned to peace. The second part takes us to Clydach’s Mond Nickel factory which supplied Los Alamos with the mesh they needed to separate the Uranium isotope from Uranium ore We discover the story of how Swansea born physicist Joan Curran went on to contribute to the Manhattan project. We find out what happened after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how many Swansea scientists went on to take part in building the British Atomic Bombs. Currently nuclear bombs are a deterrent and work continues in defence engineering and technology at the atomic weapons establishment in Aldermaston. We have a rare chance to visit the exterior of the site with a Swansea University scientist who has worked there for 57 years.