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Schematic showing the flow of gas through a gaseous diffusion cascade.

Processes


Select topics relating to the industrial processes of the Manhattan Project have been grouped into the categories listed to the left. A quick overview of processes involved in the mission of the Manhattan Project can be obtained by reading the summary pages for each of the categories, located in the left navigation bar. Each summary page also has a listing of all the subtopics included within that category.






Procuring and Processing Uranium

Uranium Isotope Separation

Bomb Design, Development, and Production

Plutonium Production

Bomb Testing and Weapon Effects

The text for this page is original to the Department of Energy's Office of History and Heritage Resources. The diagram showing multiple stages of the gaseous diffusion process is reproduced from the History Office publication: Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson, Jr., The New World, 1939-1946: Volume I, A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (Washington: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1972), 98.