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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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