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<Uranium>-based, dropped on Hiroshima. The uranium was enriched at the <Clinton Engineer Works>.


Little Boy

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Located in <Tennessee> in the East of the <United States>.

The precursor organization to <ORNL> was called <Clinton Engineer Works>, where groundbreaking <Manhattan Project> experiments and nuclear production took place during <World War II>

Some key experiments carried out there include:
* 1943: <X-10 Graphite Reactor>: prototype <Plutonium> <breeder reactor>
* <isotope separation> to purify <Uranium-235>:
  *


Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Precursor organization to the <Oak Ridge National Laboratory>, name that it took in January 1948.

Produced the <enriched uranium> used for <Little Boy>, located in the area/predecessor of <Oak Ridge National Laboratory>.

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At the back, a poster reads:
> Make C.E.W. count: continue to protect project information
What a fantastic picture!
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Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Incoming links: Clinton Engineer Works