Montreal Laboratory
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The Montreal Laboratory was a World War II-era nuclear research facility in Canada that played a key role in the Allied atomic energy efforts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montreal Laboratory canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear research laboratory
ⓘ
scientific research institution ⓘ |
| closed | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Allied atomic energy research
ⓘ
design of heavy-water reactors ⓘ development of Canadian nuclear program ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employed |
British scientists
ⓘ
Canadian scientists ⓘ refugee scientists ⓘ |
| established | 1942 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atomic energy
ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ reactor physics ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
French nuclear scientists in exile ⓘ National Research Council Canada ⓘ
surface form:
National Research Council of Canada
|
| historicalPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| movedTo |
Deep River, Ontario
ⓘ
surface form:
Chalk River, Ontario
|
| notableScientist |
Bertrand Goldschmidt
ⓘ
George Laurence ⓘ George Placzek ⓘ Hans von Halban ⓘ Lew Kowarski ⓘ Louis Slotin ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tube Alloys programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied nuclear weapons project
Manhattan Project ⓘ Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
surface form:
Tube Alloys
|
| purpose |
to coordinate Allied nuclear research in Canada
ⓘ
to design and build experimental nuclear reactors ⓘ |
| relocated | 1944 ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
heavy water moderated reactors
ⓘ
neutron physics ⓘ plutonium production reactors ⓘ reactor design ⓘ |
| significance |
first major nuclear research center in Canada
ⓘ
foundation of Canadian civilian nuclear power program ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian government
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| successor | Chalk River Laboratories ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
heavy water
ⓘ
natural uranium fuel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Montreal Laboratory Description of subject: The Montreal Laboratory was a World War II-era nuclear research facility in Canada that played a key role in the Allied atomic energy efforts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.