Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis

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Manhattan Project site industrial facility uranium processing plant

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in St. Louis was a key industrial facility that processed uranium and other materials for the U.S. nuclear weapons program during the Manhattan Project.

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Label	Occurrences
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company	1
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project site ⓘ industrial facility ⓘ uranium processing plant ⓘ
associatedWith	uranium ore from Canada ⓘ uranium ore from the Belgian Congo ⓘ
contractedBy	Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Engineer District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employed	industrial chemists ⓘ scientists and engineers in radiochemistry ⓘ
environmentalIssue	chemical contamination ⓘ radioactive contamination ⓘ
handledMaterial	chemical byproducts ⓘ radioactive residues ⓘ uranium hexafluoride precursors ⓘ uranium ore concentrates ⓘ
heritageStatus	historically significant Manhattan Project facility ⓘ
historicalRole	early U.S. nuclear fuel cycle facility ⓘ key supplier of uranium for Manhattan Project ⓘ
industry	chemical industry ⓘ nuclear materials processing ⓘ
linkedTo	development of the first atomic bombs ⓘ uranium feed for Oak Ridge facilities ⓘ uranium feed for gaseous diffusion plants ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
near	Mississippi River ⓘ
operatedBy	Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mallinckrodt Chemical Company
participatedIn	Manhattan Project ⓘ
partOf	U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ
produced	refined uranium for enrichment plants ⓘ uranium metal ⓘ uranium oxide ⓘ
regulatedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
safetyIssue	occupational chemical exposure risk ⓘ worker radiation exposure risk ⓘ
subjectOf	Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ⓘ environmental remediation projects ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ early Cold War ⓘ
usedFor	nuclear weapons production support ⓘ producing uranium compounds ⓘ producing uranium metal feedstock ⓘ refining uranium ore ⓘ uranium processing ⓘ

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Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis ⓘ

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis → operatedBy → Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mallinckrodt Chemical Company