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What is another name for the manhattan project?
Project x
Why was the Los alamos location selected?
Extra isolation
who were the Colton girls?
High school graduates who worked on making the uranium
when were the agencies formed leading to the manhattan project
1939
How much energy was released when the bomb was dropped?
15 kilotons
about how big was the plant for making uranium?
About 2 million square feet
who else was in the race to make the atomic bomb?
Germany
How big is the radius of an atomic bomb explosion?
3 miles
why did the government make a whole new city during WWII?
To hide the making of the atomic bomb
when was the Manhattan project?
1939-1964
Why was Los alamos created?
for the manhattan project. specifically for the building of the bomb
what were the people in Oak Ridge working on?
They were working on uranium
the Manhattan Project was the code name for what company?
American-lead company
What national hazard can happen during an explosion.
Fires
the government figured out that you could use what other substance to make an atomic bomb?
plutonium