1943
K-25 Plant
Gaseous diffusion plant development advances uranium enrichment.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Oak Ridge in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Gaseous diffusion plant development advances uranium enrichment.
Oversees uranium-enrichment work at Oak Ridge.
Calutrons at Y-12 enrich uranium by electromagnetic separation.
Groves presses for the first Y-12 electromagnetic racetrack to be completed by July as detailed plant plans are reviewed.
Fencing of the Oak Ridge reservation is completed and the secret production site is closed to normal public access.
Surveying begins for the massive K-25 gaseous-diffusion uranium-enrichment plant at Oak Ridge.
The first Alpha electromagnetic-separation unit at Y-12 begins operation as Oak Ridge expands into full industrial production.
The first concrete is poured for the K-25 gaseous-diffusion plant building at Oak Ridge.
Chemical separation of reactor-produced plutonium begins using irradiated fuel from the X-10 Graphite Reactor.
After repeated failures to operate the first Alpha racetrack reliably, Y-12 is shut down for major equipment rebuilding.
Leads major engineering work for gaseous-diffusion enrichment.
Liquid thermal diffusion supports enriched-uranium production.
Groves orders a change in the gaseous-diffusion barrier approach after continuing failures to produce a suitable barrier for K-25.
Groves orders rapid construction of the S-50 thermal-diffusion plant at Oak Ridge on an exceptionally compressed schedule.
Y-12 production rises to roughly 204 grams per day of uranium enriched to about eighty percent uranium-235.
K-25 begins production of enriched uranium using gaseous diffusion.
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