MAUD Committee

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British government committee scientific advisory committee

The MAUD Committee was a British scientific advisory group during World War II that conducted pioneering research into the feasibility of an atomic bomb, helping to spur the later development of the Manhattan Project.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
MAUD Committee canonical 5
British Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defence 1
British Mission to the Manhattan Project 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government committee ⓘ
scientific advisory committee ⓘ
areaServed Allied powers ⓘ
chairperson George Paget Thomson ⓘ
concluded an atomic bomb could be built within a few years ⓘ
an atomic bomb was technically feasible ⓘ
an atomic bomb would require large-scale industrial effort ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1941 ⓘ
documentedIn MAUD Report ⓘ
field military technology ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
weapons research ⓘ
hasAbbreviation MAUD Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MAUD
inception 1940 ⓘ
influenced Manhattan Project ⓘ
Manhattan Project ⓘ
surface form: United States atomic bomb program
influencedBy Frisch–Peierls memorandum ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legacy helped trigger full-scale U.S. commitment to atomic bomb development ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
member James Chadwick ⓘ
John Cockcroft ⓘ
Mark Oliphant ⓘ
Maurice Pryce ⓘ
Otto Frisch ⓘ
Philip Moon ⓘ
Rudolf Peierls ⓘ
Wallace Akers ⓘ
namedAfter Maud Ray Kent ⓘ
notableWork MAUD Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MAUD Report
operatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British wartime scientific establishment ⓘ
Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
purpose to advise the British government on uranium research ⓘ
to investigate the feasibility of an atomic bomb ⓘ
reportedTo UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
sentTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
significantEvent transmission of MAUD findings to American scientists in 1941 ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
topic centrifuge enrichment ⓘ
critical mass calculations ⓘ
gaseous diffusion ⓘ
nuclear fission ⓘ
uranium enrichment ⓘ
uranium-235 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Manhattan Project → predecessor → MAUD Committee ⓘ
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → collaboratedWith → MAUD Committee ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
this entity surface form: British Mission to the Manhattan Project
MAUD Committee → notableWork → MAUD Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MAUD Report
MAUD Committee → hasAbbreviation → MAUD Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MAUD
MAUD Report → author → MAUD Committee ⓘ
MAUD Report → producedBy → MAUD Committee ⓘ
MAUD Report → relatedOrganization → MAUD Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defence
Tube Alloys programme → hasPart → MAUD Committee ⓘ
Frisch–Peierls memorandum → influenced → MAUD Committee ⓘ