Important Dates
What year was the project initiated?
It began in 1939 by FDR.
Who initiated the project.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What two weapons were produced?
The Atomic and Hydrogen bomb.
When the project ended it produced the a-bomb hydrogen bomb and what source of energy?
The project ended up leading the path to controlled nucular fission aka nucular energy.
Why was the Manhattan project named the way it was?
Because for a short time the project took place in Manhattan along with to keep the project secret.
In what year did the project come to an end?
1946 was the year the project was finished.
What was the status of Leslie R. Groves the leader of the project?
He was a general in the U.S. military.
Who denied continuing research on the bomb after realizing the destruction it caused?
Robert Oppenheimer the same person who suggested the idea of the bomb.
What famous scientist opposed the idea of nuclear weapons?
Albert Einstein.
How much CO2 is produced by nuclear energy?
None, only mining the elements requires energy.
When did Leslie R. Groves begin leading the project.
He became in charge in 1942.
Who first realized that nuclear energy could be weaponized.
Robert Oppenheimer
How was war changed by the bomb?
It became much more risky to invade or attack a country that is allied with a country that has the bomb or can use nuclear bombs themselves.
After the project, primarily during the cold war, what two countries started making many of the bombs?
The U.S and Russia.
What percent of energy comes from nuclear energy?
About 10 percent of our energy.
In what year did the Manhattan project become declassified?
It became declassified in 1994.
How many people did the project employ?
About 120,000 people were employed in the project.
What two cities were destroyed due to the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S?
Both cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were destroyed by the bomb.
The nuclear power plant is extremely effective but has gone wrong how many times?
It has destabilized twice in both Ukraine and Japan.
What states were where many nuclear tests occurred?
Both states of Nevada and New Mexico were heavily tested on.
The first nuclear weapon was tested in 1945 on what date?
July 16 was the date the U.S. tested the first a-bomb.
What did Glenn Seaborg discover in 1941?
Plutonium.
What two elements were successfully used in the bombs and nuclear reactors?
Both plutonium and uranium produced nucular fission.
How many people in total died due to the bomb?
(Round to 10,000)
Approx. 200,000 people died from the bomb.
Where was the first nuclear weapon dropped?
Near Alamogordo, New Mexico.