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instanceOf
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Manhattan Project site
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World War II research group
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nuclear research laboratory
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alsoKnownAs
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Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Metallurgical Laboratory
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contributedTo
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design of plutonium production reactors at Hanford Site
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development of chemical separation processes for plutonium
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development of reactor control methods
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development of reactor shielding and safety procedures
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country
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United States
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dateOfEvent
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1942-12-02
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director
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Arthur H. Compton
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dissolvedInto
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Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies
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employed
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Enrico Fermi
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Eugene Wigner
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George Weil
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Glenn T. Seaborg
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Harold Urey
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Herbert L. Anderson
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James Franck
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John A. Wheeler
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Joseph J. Katz
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Leo Szilard
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Leona Woods
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Louis Slotin
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Maria Goeppert Mayer
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Nathan Sugarman
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Robert F. Christy
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Samuel Allison
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Walter Zinn
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Willard F. Libby
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endTime
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1946
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era
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World War II
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fieldOfWork
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health physics
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metallurgy
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nuclear engineering
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nuclear physics
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radiation biology
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foundedBy
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Arthur H. Compton
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hasEthicalDebate
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use of atomic bombs against Japan
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hasResearchFocus
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neutron physics
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nuclear reactor design
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plutonium production
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radiation safety
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radioactive materials handling
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legacy
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predecessor of Argonne National Laboratory
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predecessor of the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute
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locatedIn
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Chicago, Illinois
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Illinois
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United States
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University of Chicago
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locationOfEvent
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Stagg Field, University of Chicago
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notableAchievement
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construction of Chicago Pile-1, the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
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notableWork
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Chicago Pile-1
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partOf
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Manhattan Project
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startTime
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1942
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subjectOf
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Franck Report
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supervisedBy
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District
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