Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Japanese: オーク・リッジ国立研究所 - おーくりっじこくりつけんきゅうじょ
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

...Uranium-235 and plutonium-239, used in atomic bombs, were developed here. Research on nuclear energy and nuclear physics is conducted mainly at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (established in 1943). In addition to reactor facilities and nuclear fuel factories, there is also a nuclear research facility jointly operated by 45 universities and the American Atomic Energy Museum. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Oak Ridge National Laboratory" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…原子爆弾に使用するウラン235とプルトニウム239がここで開発された。オーク・リッジ国立研究所(1943設立)を中心にして,核エネルギー,核物理の研究が行われている。原子炉施設,核燃料などの工場があるほか,45の大学による共同の原子力研究施設やアメリカ原子力エネルギー博物館がある。…

※「オーク・リッジ国立研究所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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