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