Re: Why a "pig"?

[David Hearnsberger <hberger@trinity.tamu.edu>]

I was once told that during the initial research of the atomic bomb a lot
of the study was classified. Hence, covert names were invented to mask the
"real identity" of what was being shipped to New Mexico for testing.

Anyway, for what it's worth, that's what I know.

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On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Al Castellane wrote:

> 
> I was recently asked by a lab tech why we call lead storage containers "pigs"? 
> I honestly didn't know. Does anyone know, as Paul Harvey says "the rest of the
> story?"
> 
> Thanks in advance for the insight.
> 
> Al Castellane
> Oregon Health Sciences University
> Portland, Or
> castella@ohsu.edu
>