K-25 Project

E37185

Manhattan Project facility gaseous diffusion plant uranium enrichment plant

The K-25 Project was a World War II–era Manhattan Project effort to build and operate a massive gaseous diffusion plant for uranium enrichment in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
K-25 gaseous diffusion plant	2
K-25	1
K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)	1
K-25 plant	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project facility ⓘ gaseous diffusion plant ⓘ uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
adjacentFacility	K-27 plant ⓘ K-29 plant ⓘ K-31 plant ⓘ K-27 plant ⓘ surface form: K-33 plant
architect	Kellex Corporation ⓘ
associatedWith	Little Boy ⓘ Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ surface form: Y-12 plant
city	Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Oak Ridge
codeName	K-25 Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: K-25
commissioned	1945 ⓘ
completionDate	1945 ⓘ
constructionStart	1943-06 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolitionDate	2013 ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 44 acres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Oak Ridge unit) ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (site area)
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era early Cold War era ⓘ
inception	1943 ⓘ
locatedIn	Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
location	Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
mainContractor	Kellex Corporation ⓘ
materialProcessed	natural uranium ⓘ uranium hexafluoride ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest buildings in the world at the time of construction ⓘ key role in producing uranium for the Little Boy bomb ⓘ
operator	Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Engineer District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ surface form: Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion complex
shape	U-shaped building ⓘ
startDate	1943 ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
successor	Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
technology	gaseous diffusion ⓘ
usedFor	production of highly enriched uranium ⓘ support of the first atomic bombs ⓘ uranium-235 enrichment ⓘ
usedIn	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Clinton Engineer Works → associatedWith → K-25 Project ⓘ

K-25 Project → codeName → K-25 Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25

Site X → hasComponent → K-25 Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25 plant

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → K-25 Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25 gaseous diffusion plant

Secret City → hostedFacility → K-25 Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25 gaseous diffusion plant

United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → K-25 Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)