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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.
Procuring and processing of uranium were tasks critical to the success by the Manhattan Project. Production of both the uranium and plutonium bombs depended on adequate supply of refined and appropriately configured uranium.
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.
The uranium path to the atomic bomb ran through Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Only if the new plants built at Oak Ridge produced enough enriched uranium-235 would a uranium bomb be possible.
The uranium used in the Manhattan Project came from three major sources: the Eldorado mine in northern Canada, the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, and mines and mill tailings in the American West.
6 de mar. de 2015 · Explore New York City’s sites with our interactive map, timeline, brief project history, and resources from A Guide to the Manhattan Project in Manhattan by the Atomic Heritage Foundation.
• Uranium in 2 annuli with an inner diameter of 4.125 inch and an out diameter of 6.376 inches in diameter, each 3.3 inch thick • Interior of annulus lined with Boron tube to suppress neutrons
