Vemork - Wikipedia
网页Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. At opening, it was the world's largest power plant with a capacity of 108 megawatts (145,000 hp). [1]
Norwegian heavy water sabotage - Wikipedia
网页The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was aimed at the 60 MW Vemork power station at the Rjukan waterfall in Telemark. The hydroelectric power plant at Vemork was built in 1934. It was the world's first site to mass-produce heavy water (as a byproduct of nitrogen fixing), with a capacity of 12 tonnes per year.
Vemork - NIA - Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
网页The story of Vemork is a tale of people, mechanical power, struggle, and culture. It is an industrial adventure featuring both heroes and the everyday workers in leading roles. Experience what was once the world’s largest power station, now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage.
Inside the Daring Mission That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb
网页2016年6月5日 · Vemork is about 100 miles west of Oslo, on the edge of this ice-bound precipice. It was the only plant in the world that produced heavy water, which was the key ingredient in the German atomic...
Operation Gunnerside - Nuclear Museum
网页2017年7月28日 · On February 27, 1943, nine Norwegian commandos sabotaged the German-held Vemork plant outside of Rjukan, Norway. Operation Gunnerside successfully set back Germany's atomic bomb program.
The place that changed the world - The Norwegian American
网页2022年7月9日 · The events at the heavy water cellar at Vemork, Norway, have been called one of the most successful acts of sabotage in World War II. The cellar was the target of Norwegian soldiers under British command in the nights between Feb. 23 and 28, 1943.
Vemork - NIA - Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
网页Fra kraftstasjon til verdensarv. Historien om Vemork er en historie om mennesker, maskinkraft, kamp og kultur. Et industrieventyr med både helter og hverdagens slitere i hovedrollene. Opplev det som en gang var verdens største kraftstasjon, og som nå står på UNESCOs verdensarvliste som del av Rjukan-Notodden Industriarv.
NOVA | Hitler's Sunken Secret | Norwegian Resistance Coup - PBS
网页Perhaps the most daring Resistance attack, which Ray Mears describes here, was a successful late-night raid that nine Norwegian saboteurs made on the Vemork heavy-water plant on February 28,...
Operation Gunnerside: The Norwegian Attack on Heavy Water …
网页2018年2月23日 · Memorialized in movies, books and TV mini-series, the winter sabotage of the Vemork chemical plant in Telemark County of Nazi-occupied Norway was one of the most dramatic and important military...
Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum - Vemork - Visit Norway
网页2022年6月18日 · The Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum at Vemork is perhaps best known for its presentation of Rjukan's war history. Vemork was the site of one of the most important sabotage missions during World War II when Norwegian saboteurs prevented the Germans from developing atomic weapons using the heavy water produced here.