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British atomic bomb program
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_atomic_bomb_program
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
nuclear test
gptkbp:codename
gptkb:Tube_Alloys
gptkbp:collaboratedWith
gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate
1952
gptkbp:firstTestMatch
gptkb:Operation_Hurricane
3 October 1952
gptkbp:fundedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:hasFacility
gptkb:Harwell_Laboratory
gptkb:Aldermaston
gptkb:Windscale
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British atomic bomb program
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:German_nuclear_weapons_program
Discovery of nuclear fission
gptkbp:initiallySecret
true
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:James_Chadwick
gptkb:Klaus_Fuchs
gptkb:Mark_Oliphant
gptkb:Rudolf_Peierls
gptkb:William_Penney
gptkbp:opposedBy
some British politicians
gptkbp:purpose
development of atomic weapons
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:McMahon_Act
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Hyde_Park_Agreement
gptkb:Quebec_Agreement
gptkb:Soviet_atomic_bomb_project
gptkb:Anglo-American_nuclear_cooperation
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:British_nuclear_deterrent
United Kingdom becoming third nuclear power
gptkbp:startDate
1940
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Operation_Hurricane
gptkbp:supportedBy
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:technology
plutonium production
uranium enrichment
gptkbp:testLocation
gptkb:Monte_Bello_Islands,_Australia
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ministry_of_Supply
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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