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.
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| 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 ⓘ |
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