Facts about the Manhattan project

Answer 1

The Manhattan Project was the project, conducted during World War II primarily by the United States, to develop the first atomic bomb. Formally designated as the Manhattan Engineer District (MED), it refers specifically to the period of the project from 1942-1946 under the control of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under the administration of General Leslie R. Groves. The scientific research was directed by American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.[1] The project's roots lay in scientists' fears since the 1930s that Nazi Germany was also investigating nuclear weapons of its own. Born out of a small research program in 1939, the Manhattan Project eventually employed more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion USD ($24 billion in 2008 dollars based on CPI). It resulted in the creation of multiple production and research sites that operated in secret.[2] The three primary research and production sites of the project were the plutonium-production facility at what is now the Hanford Site, the uranium-enrichment facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the weapons research and design laboratory now known as Los Alamos National Laboratory. Project research took place at over thirty sites across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The MED maintained control over U.S. weapons production until the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission in January 1947.

Answer 2

That Manhattan project was started by Albert Einstein !We read about him in social studies class he told president roosevelt it would be a good thing to use the atomic bomb on japan because they bombed America's ships and killed more than 1,000 people.That's where the Manhattan project came from!

Actually Einstein had one and only one connection with the Manhattan Project: he signed a letter written by Leo Szilard addressed to Roosevelt warning of the possibility of Germany developing and using fission bombs in the war. That was all, he never would or did recommend its use on any target as he was one of the most radical pacifists there ever was. He only wanted the US prepared for defense and if the president decided defense against the weapon meant getting it first then OK, but he absolutely did not want anyone to use it!
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1. Uranium enrichment was performed at Oakridge, TN.
2. Plutonium production was performed at Hanford, WA.
3. Design was performed at Los Alamos, NM.
4. Bomber crew training was performed at Wendover, UT.
5. The military commander was General Leslie Groves.
6. The scientific leader was Robert Oppenheimer.
7. My grandfather (AAC) was a construction worker at Hanford.
8. Uranium enrichment was done with both gaseous diffusion and calutrons.
9. The first prototype nuclear reactor (CP-1) was built and tested in a squash court in Chicago, IL.
10. The prototype for the Hanford production reactors was the X-10 reactor at Oakridge.
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Answer 3

1. The Manhattan Project was a top secret US Military program during WW II, to create the atomic bomb.

2. The lead scientist of the program was J. Robert Oppenheimer.

3. The program reached completion in 1945 and two atomic bombs that it created were used against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the surrender of the Japanese Empire.