Tube Alloys programme

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British government project nuclear weapons research programme

The Tube Alloys programme was the secret British project during the Second World War to research and develop an atomic bomb, preceding and later merging into the American-led Manhattan Project.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Tube Alloys 3
Allied nuclear weapons project 1
British Tube Alloys project 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government project ⓘ
nuclear weapons research programme ⓘ
aim to design methods for uranium-235 production ⓘ
to determine the feasibility of an atomic bomb ⓘ
to investigate plutonium production in nuclear reactors ⓘ
confidentialityStatus top secret ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
coordinatedBy Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ⓘ
Minister of Supply ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom)
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
followedBy British contribution to the Manhattan Project ⓘ
hasPart British Mission to the Manhattan Project ⓘ
MAUD Committee ⓘ
inception decision of the MAUD Committee that an atomic bomb was feasible ⓘ
influenced development of the British atomic bomb ⓘ
post-war British nuclear weapons programme ⓘ
keyPerson George Thomson ⓘ
Hans von Halban ⓘ
James Chadwick ⓘ
John Cockcroft ⓘ
Lew Kowarski ⓘ
Mark Oliphant ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
Otto Frisch ⓘ
Rudolf Peierls ⓘ
Wallace Akers ⓘ
location Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainSubject atomic bomb development ⓘ
nuclear fission research ⓘ
mergedInto Manhattan Project ⓘ
notableWork MAUD Report ⓘ
surface form: MAUD Committee reports
partOf British war effort in the Second World War ⓘ
relatedTo Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: British nuclear weapons programme

Manhattan Project ⓘ
Quebec Agreement ⓘ
surface form: Quebec Agreement on atomic collaboration
significantEvent Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire ⓘ
Quebec Agreement ⓘ
transfer of British nuclear research to the United States ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
usedFacility Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

Chalk River Laboratories ⓘ
Montreal Laboratory ⓘ
University of Birmingham ⓘ
usedMaterial graphite ⓘ
heavy water ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
usedResearchFrom University of Birmingham ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham University nuclear physics group

Cavendish Laboratory nuclear physics work ⓘ
Frisch–Peierls memorandum ⓘ

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MAUD Committee → partOf → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
Mark Oliphant → participatedIn → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tube Alloys project
Klaus Fuchs → participantIn → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Tube Alloys project
Quebec Agreement → programNameMentioned → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tube Alloys
George Thomson → contributedTo → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear weapons program
George Thomson → contributedTo → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom atomic energy program
Montreal Laboratory → partOf → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied nuclear weapons project
Montreal Laboratory → partOf → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tube Alloys
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston → associatedWithProgram → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: British nuclear weapons programme
United Kingdom’s wartime scientific establishment → notableProject → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tube Alloys nuclear weapons research programme
Combined Policy Committee → coordinatesWith → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tube Alloys
William Penney → participatedIn → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: British atomic bomb project
Resolution-class submarines → strategicSystem → Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Polaris programme