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What role did Hanford Engineer Works and the Oak Ridge nuclear facility play in the creation of the atomic bombs that ended World War 2?
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Oak Ridge was responsible for Uranium enrichment (oralloy) and small scale Plutonium production reactor (X-10) prototype development.
Hanford was responsible for operation of Plutonium production reactors (B-reactor, etc.) and fuel pellet reprocessing to extract Plutonium.
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