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Paris Oddo oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03208

Abstract

Oral history interview with Paris Oddo conducted by Claytee D. White on July 20, 2017 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Oddo discusses her early life in Detroit, Michigan. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984, becoming an electrician, and being a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W) Local Union 357. Oddo talks about completing a five-year apprenticeship program offered by the Union, and her experience as a female electrician. She remembers her employment at the Nevada Test Site, working closely with radioactive materials, and being diagnosed with illnesses due to radioactive exposure while at the Nevada Test Site. Lastly, Oddo expresses her concerns over nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain.

Archival Collection

Interview with John Chapman Hopkins, April 11, 2005

Date

2005-04-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Test Director; J-Division Leader; Associate Director

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Interview with Troy Ernest Wade II, July 14, 2004

Date

2004-07-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Deputy Manager, Dept. of Energy, NVOO and Nuclear Test Controller; Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs

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Aerial photograph showing temporary administration building, Basic Magnesium Inc., Henderson, Nevada, November 10, 1941

Date

1941-11-10

Description

Aerial view of Basic Magnesium Inc. plant site looking north towards Whitney Mesa

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "McNeil construction Co. Magnesium plant, Las Vegas, Nevada, 11-10-41"

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Sister Rosemary Lynch and Judy Treichel at protest: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Sister Rosemary Lynch (right) and Judy Treichel (left) at the Nevada Test Site's protest Grandmothers for Peace held September 13, 1987. Sign being held says "Do you hate your enimes more than you love your children?" For a similar image see pho006384.

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Sister Rosemary Lynch and Judy Treichel, protesting: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Sister Rosemary Lynch (right) and Judy Treichel (left) at the Nevada Test Site's protest Grandmothers for Peace held September 13, 1987. Sign held by Treichel says: "Do you hate your enemies more than you love your children?" For a similar image see pho006383.

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