Linde Air Products uranium facilities
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The Linde Air Products uranium facilities were industrial plants in Tonawanda, New York, that processed uranium ore and concentrates for the U.S. atomic bomb program during the Manhattan Project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linde Air Products uranium facilities canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Manhattan Project site
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uranium processing facility ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan Engineer District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ U.S. nuclear weapons legacy sites ⓘ early U.S. nuclear industry ⓘ nuclear weapons production complex ⓘ uranium metallurgy research and development ⓘ |
| classification | former nuclear weapons production support facility ⓘ |
| cleanupManagedBy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| contributedTo | production of fissile material for nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
groundwater contamination
ⓘ
radioactive contamination ⓘ soil contamination ⓘ |
| hasRemediationStatus | environmental cleanup site ⓘ |
| hasRisk | radiological exposure risk (historical) ⓘ |
| historicalUse | processing of uranium-bearing ores for government contracts ⓘ |
| locatedAt | former Linde Air Products plant site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Erie County, New York
NERFINISHED
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Tonawanda, New York ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Linde Air Products Company ⓘ |
| operatedFor | U.S. atomic bomb program ⓘ |
| partOf |
Manhattan Project
ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure
|
| product |
processed uranium feed material
ⓘ
uranium oxide intermediates ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
U.S. Department of Energy
ⓘ
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
feed material preparation for uranium enrichment
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production of uranium compounds ⓘ support of nuclear weapons development ⓘ uranium concentrate processing ⓘ uranium ore processing ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
uranium concentrates
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uranium ore ⓘ |
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