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The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was directed by Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
14 de jun. de 2024 · The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, killing about 210,000 people.
El Proyecto Manhattan (en inglés: Manhattan Project) fue un proyecto de investigación y desarrollo llevado a cabo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial que produjo las primeras armas nucleares, liderado por los Estados Unidos con el apoyo del Reino Unido y de Canadá.
26 de mar. de 2023 · The three massive Manhattan Project facilities at Oak Ridge— the Y-12 Electromagnetic Isotope Separation Plant, the K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and the S-50 Liquid Thermal Diffusion Plant—operated for one purpose: to enrich uranium for use in an atomic bomb.
26 de jul. de 2017 · The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II. The controversial creation and eventual use of the atomic bomb ...
4 de ago. de 2020 · The Shinkolobwe mine – named after a kind of boiled apple that would leave a burn if squeezed – was the source for nearly all of the uranium used in the Manhattan Project, culminating with...
Several scientists and engineers that worked on the project had unique stories that led them to their work on such a groundbreaking wartime effort. Their revolutionary scientific breakthroughs occurred in a relatively short amount of time under the immense pressure of World War II.
