Y-12 National Security Complex
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The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is administered under the Department's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Y-12 originated from the Manhattan Project and its construction began in February 1943. The facility began operating in November 1943, separating uranium-235 from natural uranium by using calutrons to perform electromagnetic isotope separation. Y-12 produced the uranium-235 for Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
External links
- [Y-12 National Security Complex]
- [United States Department of Energy]
- [National Nuclear Security Administration]
- [A map of Oak Ridge, Tennessee during the time of the Manhattan Project]
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