Calutron
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A calutron is a mass spectrometer originally designed and used for separating the isotopes of uranium. It was developed by Ernest Lawrence during the Manhattan Project and was based on his earlier inv
An Alpha calutron tank removed from the magnet for recovery of uranium-235
Alpha I magnet, called the "Racetrack". The calutrons are located around the ring.
Frank Oppenheimer (center right) and Robert Thornton (right) examine the 4-source emitter for the improved Alpha calutron.
The XAX development unit at Oak Ridge was used for research, development and training.
The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was
Calutron
…Cyclotron, in tribute to Lawrence's institution, the University of California, where it was invented. Calutrons were used in the industrial-scale Y-12 uranium enrichment plant at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The enriched uranium produced was used in the Little Boy atomic bomb…
Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Employees of the Manhattan Project operating calutron control panels at Y-12, in a US government photo by Ed Westcott.
April 2011 Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance rally at the Y-12 entrance