Site X
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Site X canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Manhattan Project facility
ⓘ
World War II military installation ⓘ uranium enrichment facility ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enrico Fermi
ⓘ
Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
General Leslie R. Groves
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| codenameFor |
Clinton Engineer Works
ⓘ
Oak Ridge facility ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
United States nuclear weapons complex
ⓘ
surface form:
United States nuclear weapons program
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| field |
military engineering
ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ |
| governedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| hasComponent |
K-25 Project
ⓘ
surface form:
K-25 plant
S-50 thermal diffusion plant ⓘ
surface form:
S-50 plant
Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ
surface form:
Y-12 plant
|
| heritageDesignation | Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Oak Ridge unit) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Appalachia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
|
| locatedIn |
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter |
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
Oak Ridge (geographic ridge)
|
| notableFor | central role in Manhattan Project uranium enrichment efforts ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States Army
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| partOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| produced | enriched uranium ⓘ |
| producedFor |
Little Boy
ⓘ
surface form:
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)
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