Manhattan Project

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gptkbp:instanceOf research and development project
gptkbp:budget about $2 billion (1940s USD)
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:Leslie_Groves
gptkbp:employs over 130,000 people
gptkbp:endDate 1946
gptkbp:goal develop atomic bomb
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Manhattan Project
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hanford_Site
gptkb:Los_Alamos_Laboratory
gptkb:Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Site_W_(Hanford)
gptkb:Site_X_(Oak_Ridge)
gptkb:Site_Y_(Los_Alamos)
gptkb:University_of_Chicago_Metallurgical_Laboratory
gptkbp:notableContributor development of gun-type bomb
development of implosion-type bomb
development of plutonium production
development of uranium enrichment
establishment of national laboratories
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi
gptkb:Ernest_Lawrence
gptkb:Hans_Bethe
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Klaus_Fuchs
gptkb:Leo_Szilard
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:S-1_Section
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Alsos_Mission
gptkb:Project_Alberta
gptkb:Tube_Alloys
gptkb:World_War_II
nuclear physics
nuclear weapons
gptkbp:result gptkb:Fat_Man_bomb
gptkb:Little_Boy_bomb
gptkb:Trinity_test
gptkbp:scientific_director gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Trinity_nuclear_test
first controlled nuclear chain reaction
gptkbp:startDate 1942
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Hiroshima_bombing
gptkb:Nagasaki_bombing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:bfsLayer 1