[Calvin Locke]

When the first plutonium bomb was going to be tested at Trinity, they ordered a 250 ton steel containment vessel, nicknamed "Jumbo", that was supposed to be used around the bomb, just in case the fission failed.

It was to contain the plutonium that they worked so long and hard to extract and refine, instead of scattering it all over the site.

The confidence in the bomb was such, that it wasn't used, and is still rusting away at the site.

Trinity is open to visitors two days a year, once in the Spring, and again in the Fall.

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It was to contain the plutonium that they worked so long and hard to extract and refine, instead of scattering it all over the site.

That's some cool trivia.