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The Manhattan Project

In Our Time: Science

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The Manhattan Project

There were three main, top secret sites that were run by the military for the manhattan project. The first was a scientific research laboratory in los alamos, new mexico. He second was oakridge, tennessee. This site was dedicated to producing enrich guranium. They had to try to separate enough of this from the ore in which it occurs naturally. It was the fuel for the bomb used on heroshima. A third location was hanford in eastern washington state,. These are where the reactors and other huge facilities were used to produce plutonium. So the huge production facilities at these sites were built and operated by leading us. Corporations including Union carb

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