Oak Ridge Reservation

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United States Department of Energy facility federal government reservation

Oak Ridge Reservation is a large U.S. Department of Energy site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, historically central to the Manhattan Project and now a major center for nuclear research, environmental management, and national security work.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oak Ridge	3
Oak Ridge facilities	3
K-25 Site	1
Site X, Oak Ridge production complex	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ federal government reservation ⓘ
adjacentTo	Melton Hill Lake ⓘ Watts Bar Lake ⓘ surface form: Watts Bar Reservoir
contains	contaminated legacy waste sites ⓘ protected natural areas ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	energy research ⓘ environmental management ⓘ materials science research ⓘ national security work ⓘ neutron scattering research ⓘ nuclear research ⓘ supercomputing research ⓘ
environmentalProgram	DOE Environmental Management program ⓘ
governingBody	DOE Oak Ridge Office ⓘ
hasHeritage	Cold War industrial site ⓘ World War II nuclear weapons site ⓘ
hasPart	East Tennessee Technology Park ⓘ Office of Environmental Management ⓘ surface form: Environmental Management Waste Management Facility High Flux Isotope Reactor ⓘ National Transportation Research Center ⓘ Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ Spallation Neutron Source ⓘ Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ
hasResearchFocus	advanced manufacturing ⓘ climate and environmental sciences ⓘ fusion energy ⓘ national security technologies ⓘ nuclear energy ⓘ
historicalUse	nuclear weapons development ⓘ uranium enrichment ⓘ
inception	1942 ⓘ
locatedIn	Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
locatedNear	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOn	Clinch River ⓘ
operator	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
ownedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
partOf	United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: DOE National Nuclear Security Administration complex United States Department of Energy national laboratory system ⓘ surface form: DOE Office of Science complex United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
regulatoryOversight	Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
significantEvent	Manhattan Project ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

East Tennessee Technology Park → formerlyKnownAs → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25 Site

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Site X, Oak Ridge production complex

Spallation Neutron Source → locatedIn → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → location → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge

Clinch River → near → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

Leslie → oversawConstructionOf → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

subject surface form: Leslie R. Groves Jr.

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge facilities

Clinton Engineer Works → partOf → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

Clinton Laboratories → partOf → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

East Tennessee Technology Park → partOf → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

Y-12 National Security Complex → partOf → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

Roane County, Tennessee → partiallyContains → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

Project Y → relatedSite → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge

Manhattan District → responsibleFor → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge facilities

Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → subject → Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oak Ridge facilities