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Uranium
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Peaceful Nuclear Innovations
History Page Type: ScienceQuotes: "The first benign results of atomic bomb research have been new tools for medical scientists which promise cures for hitherto incurable diseases."- Alfred Q. Maisel,...
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Effects of Radiation
History Page Type: ScienceThe first concerted effort to understand and study the effects of radiation on humans began at the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago in the spring of 1942,...
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Science Behind the Atom Bomb
History Page Type: ScienceThe immense destructive power of atomic weapons derives from a sudden release of energy produced by splitting the nuclei of the fissile elements making up the bombs' core. The...
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Environmental Consequences
History Page Type: ScienceBoth the Oak Ridge and Hanford sites were chosen for their isolation and access to hydropower from surrounding river systems. Yet their location left lasting impacts on the...
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Nuclear Reactors
History Page Type: ScienceProfiles: Crawford H. GreenewaltLeona Marshall LibbyLeo SzilardEnrico FermiEugene WignerA nuclear reactor is a device that initiates, moderates, and controls the output of a...
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Computing and the Manhattan Project
History Page Type: ScienceProfiles: Enrico FermiJohn von NeumannEdward TellerThe Manhattan Project involved one of the largest scientific collaborations ever undertaken. Out of it emerged countless new...
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Little Boy and Fat Man
History Page Type: ScienceAn explosive nuclear chain reaction occurs when a sufficient quantity of nuclear fuel, such as uranium or plutonium, is brought together to form a critical mass. This is the...
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Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Program
History Page Type: ScienceThe successful test of RDS-1 in August of 1949 inspired the Soviet government to institute a major, high-priority program to develop the hydrogen bomb. The Soviets, who...
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Tsar Bomba
History Page Type: ScienceOn October 30, 1961 the Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear device in human history. The weapon, nicknamed Tsar Bomba, yielded 57 megatons of TNT, four times larger...
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Early Atomic Science
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Nuclear Fission
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Isotope Separation Methods
History Page Type: ScienceOnce the power that was hidden in uranium became evident, the emphasis shifted to methods to separate the much more potent U-235 from its abundant relative, U-238. This...
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Plutonium
History Page Type: ScienceQuotes: “Perhaps today was the most exciting and thrilling day I have experienced. Our microchemists isolated pure element 94 (plutonium) for the first time…It is the first...
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Mystery of the Atom - 1900-1939
History Page Type: ScienceProfiles: Irene Joliot-CurieJames FranckLeo SzilardNiels BohrJames ChadwickQuotes: "It is probable that all heavy matter possesses - latent and bound up with the structure of...
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Early Atomic Science
History Page Type: ScienceDate: Wednesday, June 4, 2014Quotes: "No shelters are available that would be effective...The most effective reply would be a counter-threat with a similar bomb." - Otto...
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Nuclear Fission
History Page Type: ScienceProfiles: Otto FrischLise MeitnerNiels BohrDate: Wednesday, June 4, 2014Quotes: "Perhaps you can suggest some fantastic explanation. We understand that it (uranium) really...
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Isotope Separation Methods
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Plutonium
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Uranium
History Page Type: ScienceProfiles: Marie CurieIrene Joliot-CurieIsidor I. RabiLeo SzilardEnrico FermiJames ChadwickNiels BohrDate: Thursday, June 5, 2014Quotes: "Marie [Curie] saw our research work...
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