Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant

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The Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant was a major U.S. uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built during the Manhattan Project and later used for Cold War nuclear fuel production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manhattan Project facility ⓘ
industrial facility ⓘ
uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs K-25 Plant ⓘ
K-25 Site ⓘ
associatedWith Little Boy (Hiroshima uranium bomb) ⓘ
linked to: Little Boy

U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
builtDuring World War II ⓘ
city Oak Ridge ⓘ
constructionStart 1943 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolitionCompleted 2013 ⓘ
environmentalIssue chemical contamination ⓘ
radiological contamination ⓘ
eraOfOperation Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Chemical Landmark (as K-25) ⓘ
locatedIn Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Clinch River ⓘ
managedBy Union Carbide (historical operator under contract) ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (during World War II) ⓘ
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy U.S. government ⓘ
partOf Manhattan Project ⓘ
Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ
U.S. nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure ⓘ
purpose enrichment of uranium-235 ⓘ
production of enriched uranium for nuclear reactors ⓘ
production of highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons ⓘ
relatedTo Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
safetyConcern worker exposure to uranium and chemicals ⓘ
significance one of the largest buildings in the world at the time of construction ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
demolished ⓘ
subjectOf environmental remediation projects ⓘ
technologyUsed gaseous diffusion ⓘ
usedBy U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
U.S. civilian nuclear power sector (fuel supply) ⓘ
usedFor Cold War nuclear fuel production ⓘ
production of uranium for the first atomic bombs ⓘ

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East Tennessee Technology Park → formerlyKnownAs → Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
K-25 Project → partOf → Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion complex ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
K-25 Project → successor → Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant → sisterFacility → Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
S-50 thermal diffusion plant → adjacentTo → K-25 gaseous diffusion plant ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Heritage Center → formerName → K-25 Site ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant → alsoKnownAs → K-25 Plant ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant → alsoKnownAs → K-25 Site ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant → heritageDesignation → National Historic Chemical Landmark (as K-25) ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Kellex Corporation → notableWork → K-25 gaseous diffusion plant ⓘ
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Kellex Corporation → associatedWith → K-25 plant at Oak Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
K-27 plant → partOf → Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion complex ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
K-27 plant → partOf → Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion plants ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
K-25 Overlook → commemorates → K-25 uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
linked to: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant