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==Codename== During the [[Manhattan Project]], weapons-grade highly enriched uranium was given the codename '''oralloy''', a shortened version of [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge]] alloy, after the location of the plants where the uranium was enriched.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Burr |first=William |date=22 December 2015 |title=Strategic Air Command Declassifies Nuclear Target List from 1950s |url=https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb538-Cold-War-Nuclear-Target-List-Declassified-First-Ever/ |access-date=27 November 2020 |website=nsarchive2.gwu.edu |quote=Oralloy [Oak Ridge alloy] was a term of art for highly enriched uranium.}}</ref> The term ''oralloy'' is still occasionally used to refer to enriched uranium.
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