us got most of the uranium ore for the atomic bomb from the mine at oak ridge, tennessee.
which mine did the us get most of the uranium ore for the atomic bomb?
oak ridge, tennessee
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in 1789 the chemical element uranium was discovered in st. joachimsthal; then in pitchblende from the same area, radium was discovered by marie curie in 1898. in the late 1930s, following the discovery of the nuclear fission, uranium ore became of particular interest for military purposes. after the incorporation of sudetenland into germany in 1938 all the uranium production facilities were commandeered for the development of nuclear weapons. after the american atomic bomb was dropped on japan in 1945, soviet experts searched for evidence of the german nuclear energy project to support soviet atomic bomb development. shortly thereafter, the processing of uranium ore for the soviet union began in the ore mountains under the code name sag wismut, a cover up for the eastern bloc's highly secretive uranium mining.
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