Secret City
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Secret City is the World War II-era codename for Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a key, highly classified site in the Manhattan Project where uranium enrichment and atomic research were conducted.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secret City canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
codename
ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ |
| accessControl | closed city with restricted entry ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Clinton Engineer Works
ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form:
Oak Ridge
|
| associatedWith |
Enrico Fermi
ⓘ
Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
General Leslie R. Groves
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. War Department
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| contributedTo |
Little Boy
ⓘ
surface form:
Little Boy atomic bomb
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalReference | subject of books and documentaries about the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| declassified | 1945 ⓘ |
| endUseAsCodename | 1945 ⓘ |
| governance | federally controlled community during World War II ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Atomic City ⓘ |
| hasRole |
atomic research site
ⓘ
uranium enrichment site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Manhattan Project National Historical Park ⓘ |
| hostedFacility |
K-25 Project
ⓘ
surface form:
K-25 gaseous diffusion plant
S-50 thermal diffusion plant ⓘ X-10 graphite reactor ⓘ
surface form:
X-10 Graphite Reactor
Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ |
| legacy | major center for U.S. nuclear research and production after World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anderson County, Tennessee
ⓘ
Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale industrial secrecy
ⓘ
pioneering nuclear technology ⓘ rapid wartime construction ⓘ |
| partOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| populationPeak | over 70,000 residents during World War II ⓘ |
| postalSecrecy | residents used P.O. Box addresses instead of city name ⓘ |
| publicRevealedBy | President Harry S. Truman ⓘ |
| purpose |
produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons
ⓘ
support design and development of the first atomic bombs ⓘ |
| refersTo | Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
development of electromagnetic separation (calutrons)
ⓘ
development of gaseous diffusion enrichment ⓘ operation of one of the first large-scale nuclear reactors ⓘ |
| securityStatus | highly classified ⓘ |
| startUseAsCodename | 1942 ⓘ |
| useDuring | World War II ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.