Metallurgical Laboratory

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Manhattan Project facility World War II research organization nuclear research laboratory

The Metallurgical Laboratory was a World War II-era research facility at the University of Chicago that played a central role in the Manhattan Project’s development of nuclear reactors and atomic energy.

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Metallurgical Laboratory (University of Chicago)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project facility ⓘ World War II research organization ⓘ nuclear research laboratory ⓘ
affiliation	Manhattan Engineer District NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
field	health physics ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ nuclear engineering ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ radiation biology ⓘ
inception	1942 ⓘ
keyPerson	Arthur H. Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ Enrico Fermi NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugene Wigner NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn T. Seaborg NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert L. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ James Franck NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Szilard NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel K. Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Zinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOf	Chicago Pile-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Pile-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Pile-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Chicago Pile-1 criticality NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	basic research on nuclear fission ⓘ development of plutonium production technology ⓘ development of radiation safety practices ⓘ development of reactor control methods ⓘ development of the first nuclear reactors ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Metallurgical Project of the Manhattan Engineer District NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
producedDocument	Franck Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	development of nuclear reactors for plutonium production ⓘ research on atomic energy ⓘ support for design of plutonium-based atomic bombs ⓘ
researchFocus	biological effects of radiation ⓘ graphite-moderated reactors ⓘ plutonium chemistry ⓘ radiation shielding ⓘ uranium metallurgy ⓘ
successor	Argonne National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Enrico Fermi Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ

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J. C. Stearns → affiliation → Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ

J. C. Stearns → employer → Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ

Regenstein Library vicinity, University of Chicago → historicallyNear → Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metallurgical Laboratory (University of Chicago)