Site X

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Manhattan Project facility World War II military installation uranium enrichment facility

Site X is the World War II–era codename for the Oak Ridge, Tennessee facility that played a central role in the Manhattan Project’s uranium enrichment efforts.

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project facility → World War II military installation → uranium enrichment facility →
associatedWith	Enrico Fermi → Ernest O. Lawrence → General Leslie R. Groves → J. Robert Oppenheimer →
codenameFor	Clinton Engineer Works → Oak Ridge facility →
contributedTo	United States nuclear weapons program →
country	United States →
era	World War II →
field	military engineering → nuclear physics →
governedBy	U.S. federal government →
hasComponent	K-25 plant → S-50 plant → Y-12 plant →
heritageDesignation	Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Oak Ridge unit) →
historicalRegion	Appalachian region →
locatedIn	Oak Ridge, Tennessee → Tennessee → United States →
namedAfter	Oak Ridge (geographic ridge) →
notableFor	central role in Manhattan Project uranium enrichment efforts →
operatedBy	U.S. Army → United States Army Corps of Engineers →
partOf	Manhattan Project →
produced	enriched uranium →
producedFor	Little Boy atomic bomb →
purpose	production of fissile material for nuclear weapons → uranium enrichment →
securityClassification	top secret →
significantEvent	development of the first atomic bombs →
startDate	1942 →
status	converted to peacetime nuclear and research facilities after World War II →
usedEnrichmentMethod	electromagnetic separation → gaseous diffusion → liquid thermal diffusion →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clinton Engineer Works → Oak Ridge, Tennessee →	codeName