History of Classified Activities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

By Quist, Arvin S.

Book Id: WPLBN0000700567
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Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	History of Classified Activities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Author:	Quist, Arvin S.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Energy, Energy and research series
Collections:	Department of Energy Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The facilities that became Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) were created in 1943 during the United States? super-secret World War II project to construct an atomic bomb (the Manhattan Project). During World War II and for several years thereafter, essentially all ORNL activities were classified. Now, in 2000, essentially all ORNL activities are unclassified.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION, 1 -- Chapter 2. THE ORIGINS OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT 3 -- INTRODUCTION, 3 -- MANHATTAN PROJECT ORIGINS, 3 -- Chapter 3. SELECTION OF PLUTONIUM AS A FISSIONALBLE MATERIAL FOR -- ANUCLEARWEAPON, 5 -- INTRODUCTION, 5 -- INITIAL GRAPHITE-REACTOR RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES, 5 -- PLUTONIUM AND ITS NEUTRON-FISSION PROPERTIES, 6 -- EARLY BRITISH CALCULATIONS ON FAST-NEUTRON-FISSION -- OF PUREU-235, 7 -- THE EFFECT OF BRITISH ATOMIC BOMB CALCULATIONS ON THE U.S. -- NUCLEAR FISSION PROGRAM, 7 -- INCREASED U.S. INTEREST IN PLUTONIUM AS A FISSIONABLE MATERIAL -- FOR AN ATOMIC BOMB, 8 -- PLUTONIUM-PRODUCTION REACTORS AND PLUTONIUM-SEPARATION -- FACILITIES, 9 -- Chapter 4. SELECTION OF OAK RIDGE AS THE SITE OF A PILOT PLANT -- FOR PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION, 10 -- PILOT PLANTS FOR PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION AND SEPARATION, 10 -- SELECTION OF THE OAK RIDGE SITE BY THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, 10 -- Chapter 5. CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES AT ORNL, 1943-1945 12 -- ORIGINAL PURPOSES OF ORNL, 12 -- CONSTRUCTION OF ORNL, 1943-1945, 12 -- OPERATION OF ORNL, 1943-1945 1945, 13 -- CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES AT ORNL, 1943 - JUNE 30,1945, 14 -- SUBSEQUENT DECLASSIFICATION OF ORNL?S 1943-1945 ACTIVITIES, 16 -- Chapter 6. CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES AT ORNL, 1945-1948, 18 -- INTRODUCTION, 18 -- CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES, 1945-48, 18 -- SUBSEQUENT DECLASSIFICATION OF ORNL?S 1945-1948 ACTIVITIES, 20