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Oak Ridge Public Works Dept. company history timeline

1941

British scientists working on the “tube alloy,” code for the atomic bomb project, first advocated the gaseous diffusion method in March 1941.

1942

Known as the “Secret City,” Oak Ridge was built in 1942, and its population skyrocketed to 75,000 in just 2.5 years, making it the fifth-largest city in Tennessee at the time.

1943

With what was left of his time and money in early 1943 Lawrence built prototypes of both Alpha and Beta units at Berkeley for testing and training operating personnel.

During the summer and fall of 1943 the first electromagnetic plant began to take shape.

1944

The opening of the Beta building on March 11, 1944 led to further disappointment.

Abelson was building a plant to produce enriched uranium to be completed by early July 1944.

Y-12 was in trouble as 1944 began, and the plutonium pile projects (X-10) were just getting underway.

1945

A quick analysis demonstrated that a thermal diffusion plant could indeed be built at Oak Ridge and placed in operation by early 1945.

1946

In 1946, X-10 began producing peacetime radioisotopes for use in industry, agriculture, medicine and research.

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