The British government was given documents in 1941 describing how to build a nuclear reactor.
And they sat on them.
Until Thursday, May 31.
The Manhattan Project scientists had a plutonium bomb design ready in 1944 and had to wait for a specialized weapons-production reactor to be completed in order to actually build it. If they had known the plutonium was going to be available before 1945, they could have started work on the implosion mechanism–the most difficult part–and had it ready by mid-1943.
I’m sure the families of every person killed on both sides in 1944 and 1945 will say, “Thanks, guys.”
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Posted on June 3, 2007 by Stewart Peterson |
