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.

Aliases (7)

Tube Alloys ×2
Allied nuclear weapons project ×1
British Tube Alloys project ×1
British nuclear weapons programme ×1
Tube Alloys project ×1
United Kingdom atomic energy program ×1
United Kingdom nuclear weapons program ×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	Second World War →
coordinatedBy	Department of Scientific and Industrial Research → 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 →
mainSubject	atomic bomb development → nuclear fission research →
mergedInto	Manhattan Project →
notableWork	MAUD Committee reports →
partOf	British war effort in the Second World War →
relatedTo	British nuclear weapons programme → Manhattan Project → 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, Cambridge → Chalk River Laboratories → Montreal Laboratory → University of Birmingham →
usedMaterial	graphite → heavy water → uranium →
usedResearchFrom	Birmingham University nuclear physics group → Cavendish Laboratory nuclear physics work → Frisch–Peierls memorandum →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MAUD Committee → Montreal Laboratory ("Allied nuclear weapons project") → Montreal Laboratory ("Tube Alloys") →	partOf
George Thomson ("United Kingdom nuclear weapons program") → George Thomson ("United Kingdom atomic energy program") →	contributedTo
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston ("British nuclear weapons programme") →	associatedWithProgram
Klaus Fuchs ("British Tube Alloys project") →	participantIn
Mark Oliphant ("Tube Alloys project") →	participatedIn
Quebec Agreement ("Tube Alloys") →	programNameMentioned