Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kenneth David "Nick" Nichols (13 November 1907 - 21 February 2000) was a United States Army officer and an engineer. He worked on the Manhattan Project which developed the Atomic Bomb during World War II as Deputy District Engineer and then District Engineer of the Manhattan Engineer District. He was responsible for both the uranium production facility at the Clinton Engineer Works at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the plutonium production facility at Hanford Engineer Works. In 1950, General Nichols became deputy director of the guided missiles division of the Department of Defense. He was appointed chief of research and development when it was reorganized in 1952. In 1953, he became the general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission, where he promoted the construction of nuclear power plants.