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alsoKnownAs
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MED
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alsoKnownAs
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Manhattan District
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alsoKnownAs
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Manhattan Project
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chiefScientist
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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conductedTest
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Trinity test device
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surface form:
Trinity nuclear test
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conflict
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World War II
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country
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United States of America
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director
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Leslie R. Groves Jr.
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dissolved
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1947
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employed
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Edward Teller
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employed
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Enrico Fermi
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employed
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Ernest O. Lawrence
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employed
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Hans Bethe
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employed
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Leo Szilard
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employed
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Niels Bohr
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employed
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Richard Feynman
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fundedBy
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United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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governedBy
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United States Department of War
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surface form:
United States War Department
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headquartersLocation
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New York City
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headquartersLocation
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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headquartersLocation
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Washington, D.C.
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impact
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initiated the nuclear age
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inception
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1942
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instanceOf
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United States Army military formation
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instanceOf
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World War II military program
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instanceOf
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nuclear weapons development project
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locationOfActivity
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
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locationOfActivity
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Hanford Site, Washington
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surface form:
Hanford, Washington
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locationOfActivity
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
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locationOfActivity
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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locationOfActivity
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University of California, Berkeley
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militaryBranch
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United States Army
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notableEvent
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development of the first nuclear weapons
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notableProject
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Fat Man
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surface form:
Fat Man atomic bomb
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notableProject
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atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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surface form:
Little Boy atomic bomb
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operatedBy
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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oversawConstructionOf
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Clinton Engineer Works
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oversawConstructionOf
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Hanford Site, Washington
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surface form:
Hanford Engineer Works
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oversawConstructionOf
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Los Alamos Laboratory
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partOf
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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purpose
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coordination of nuclear fission research for military use
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purpose
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development of atomic bombs
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successor
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
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testDate
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16 July 1945
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testSite
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Trinity test site, New Mexico
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surface form:
Trinity test site
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usedTechnology
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gun-type nuclear weapon design
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usedTechnology
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implosion-type nuclear weapon design
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usedTechnology
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plutonium production reactors
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usedTechnology
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uranium enrichment
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