Los Alamos Laboratory

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Manhattan Project site United States government research laboratory nuclear weapons research facility

Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Los Alamos National Laboratory	26
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory	2
Los Alamos Laboratory (Project Y)	1
Los Alamos Laboratory theoretical division	1
Project Y technical area at Los Alamos	1
Site Y, Los Alamos laboratory complex	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project site ⓘ United States government research laboratory ⓘ nuclear weapons research facility ⓘ
chiefScientist	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
codeName	Project Y ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designed	Trinity test device ⓘ
developed	Fat Man ⓘ atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Little Boy first nuclear weapons ⓘ
developedFor	Allied powers in World War II ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
director	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
employed	Bruno Rossi ⓘ Edward Teller ⓘ Emilio Segrè ⓘ Enrico Fermi ⓘ Felix Bloch ⓘ George Kistiakowsky ⓘ Hans Bethe ⓘ I. I. Rabi ⓘ surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi John von Neumann ⓘ Joseph Rotblat ⓘ Klaus Fuchs ⓘ Luis Alvarez ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ Norris Bradbury ⓘ Richard Feynman ⓘ Robert Serber ⓘ Seth Neddermeyer ⓘ Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
established	1943 ⓘ
establishedDuring	World War II ⓘ
focus	gun-type nuclear weapon design ⓘ implosion-type nuclear weapon design ⓘ
fundedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ
locatedIn	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
militaryDistrict	Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
notableEvent	completion of first atomic bombs in 1945 ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ
purpose	design and development of atomic bombs ⓘ research on nuclear fission weapons ⓘ
relatedTo	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ surface form: Hiroshima bombing atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Nagasaki bombing
securityLevel	top secret ⓘ
successor	Los Alamos Laboratory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory
testSiteFor	Trinity test site, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Trinity nuclear test

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Alamos Historical Museum → near → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos High School → nearbyInstitution → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Bradbury Science Museum → operatedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Trinity test site, New Mexico → operatorAtTimeOfTest → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Leslie → oversawConstructionOf → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

subject surface form: Leslie R. Groves Jr.

MED → oversawConstructionOf → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

United States Atomic Energy Commission → oversawFacility → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

National Nuclear Security Administration → oversees → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Bradbury Science Museum → ownedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Project Alberta → parentOrganization → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

V-Site buildings → partOf → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico State Road 4 → passesNear → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico State Road 502 → primaryAccessTo → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jemez Mountains region → proximityTo → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Manhattan District → responsibleFor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → responsibleFor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → subject → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! → subject → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Los Alamos Laboratory → successor → Los Alamos Laboratory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Project Y → successor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos Ranch School → successorInstitutionOnSite → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

George Kistiakowsky → workLocation → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

J. Robert Oppenheimer → workLocation → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

James Chadwick → workLocation → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Seth Neddermeyer → workLocation → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Victor F. Weisskopf → workLocation → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Emilio Segrè → workedAt → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ