Site X

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Site X is the World War II–era codename for the Oak Ridge, Tennessee facility that played a central role in the Manhattan Project’s uranium enrichment efforts.

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Site X canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manhattan Project facility
World War II military installation
uranium enrichment facility
associatedWith Enrico Fermi
Ernest O. Lawrence
General Leslie R. Groves
J. Robert Oppenheimer
codenameFor Clinton Engineer Works
Oak Ridge facility
contributedTo United States nuclear weapons program
country United States
era World War II
field military engineering
nuclear physics
governedBy U.S. federal government
hasComponent K-25 plant
linked to: K-25 Project

S-50 plant
Y-12 plant
heritageDesignation Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Oak Ridge unit)
historicalRegion Appalachian region
linked to: Appalachia
locatedIn Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Tennessee
United States
namedAfter Oak Ridge (geographic ridge)
notableFor central role in Manhattan Project uranium enrichment efforts
operatedBy U.S. Army
linked to: United States Army

United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Manhattan Project
produced enriched uranium
producedFor Little Boy atomic bomb
linked to: Little Boy
purpose production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
uranium enrichment
securityClassification top secret
significantEvent development of the first atomic bombs
startDate 1942
status converted to peacetime nuclear and research facilities after World War II
usedEnrichmentMethod electromagnetic separation
gaseous diffusion
liquid thermal diffusion

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