Richard W. Perkins is a former scientist at the
Hanford Site and the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington.
O ...
at
Richland,
Washington state.
His research included study of nuclear
reactors and their effect on their environment, study of the ash from the eruption of
Mount St. Helens, and
Operation "Star Wars." He also worked with the first
Moon rock
Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rock that has been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface and landed on Earth as ...
s.
Although too young to join, he joined the U.S navy to fight in WW2.
He learned to use SONAR as part of his training in the navy.
He was a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Perkins died December 29, 2016, at home at the age of 90.
References
2016 deaths
People from Richland, Washington
Year of birth missing
Latter Day Saints from Washington (state)
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