Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:industry gptkb:uranium
gptkbp:addedTo	gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:K-25
gptkbp:area	44 acres (main building)
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:Manhattan_Project gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:closed	1987
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	1943
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demolished	2013
gptkbp:employs	over 12,000 workers at peak
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first large-scale uranium enrichment plant contributed to the production of the atomic bomb
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:K-25_code_designation
gptkbp:notableFeature	U-shaped main building
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber	100000911
gptkbp:opened	1945
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Clinton_Engineer_Works gptkb:Oak_Ridge_Reservation
gptkbp:purpose	enrichment of uranium-235
gptkbp:siteRemediationBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:siteRemediationCompleted	2020
gptkbp:siteRemediationStarted	1987
gptkbp:status	demolished
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Paducah_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant gptkb:Portsmouth_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant
gptkbp:technology	gaseous diffusion
gptkbp:usedFor	fuel for nuclear reactors production of nuclear weapons material
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:K-25
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant