Made in Hanford: the bomb that changed the world
On the eve of World War II, news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Physicists in the United States scrambled to verify results and further investigate this new science. Ominously, they soon recognized its potential to fuel the ultimate...
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| Zusammenfassung: | On the eve of World War II, news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Physicists in the United States scrambled to verify results and further investigate this new science. Ominously, they soon recognized its potential to fuel the ultimate weapon, one able to release the energy of an uncontrolled chain reaction. With growing fears that the Nazis were on the verge of harnessing nuclear power, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gambled on a project to research and produce uranium for military use. By 1941, experiments led to the identification of plutonium, but laboratory work generated the new element in amounts far too small to be useful. Large-scale manufacture would be required. In 1942, a small plane carrying Lt. Col. Franklin T. Matthias and two DuPont engineers flew over three farming communities in eastern Washington. The passengers agreed. Isolated and near the powerful Columbia River, the region was the ideal site for the world's first plutonium factory. Two years later, built with a speed and secrecy unheard of today, the facility was operational. The plutonium it produced fueled the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, and others tested on the Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, profoundly altering many lives. Through clear scientific explanations and personal reminiscences, the author traces the amazing but also tragic story of the plutonium bomb from the dawn of nuclear science through World War II and Cold War testing in the Marshall Islands |
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| spelling | Williams, Hill Verfasser aut Made in Hanford the bomb that changed the world Hill Williams Pullman, Wash. Washington State University Press 2011 XVI, 190 S. Ill., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier On the eve of World War II, news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Physicists in the United States scrambled to verify results and further investigate this new science. Ominously, they soon recognized its potential to fuel the ultimate weapon, one able to release the energy of an uncontrolled chain reaction. With growing fears that the Nazis were on the verge of harnessing nuclear power, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gambled on a project to research and produce uranium for military use. By 1941, experiments led to the identification of plutonium, but laboratory work generated the new element in amounts far too small to be useful. Large-scale manufacture would be required. In 1942, a small plane carrying Lt. Col. Franklin T. Matthias and two DuPont engineers flew over three farming communities in eastern Washington. The passengers agreed. Isolated and near the powerful Columbia River, the region was the ideal site for the world's first plutonium factory. Two years later, built with a speed and secrecy unheard of today, the facility was operational. The plutonium it produced fueled the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, and others tested on the Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, profoundly altering many lives. Through clear scientific explanations and personal reminiscences, the author traces the amazing but also tragic story of the plutonium bomb from the dawn of nuclear science through World War II and Cold War testing in the Marshall Islands Williams, Hill / 1926- Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Atomic bomb / United States / History / 20th century Plutonium industry / Washington (State) / Hanford / History / 20th century Atomic bomb / Social aspects / History / 20th century Nuclear weapons / Testing / Social aspects / History / 20th century Nuclear weapons / Testing / Environmental aspects / History / 20th century Geschichte Gesellschaft Umwelt Plutoniumverarbeitung (DE-588)4400053-4 gnd rswk-swf Kernwaffentest (DE-588)4139467-7 gnd rswk-swf Atomare Rüstung (DE-588)4112614-2 gnd rswk-swf Urananreicherung (DE-588)4187154-6 gnd rswk-swf Hanford (Wash.) / History / 20th century Pasco (Wash.) / Biography Pasco (Wash.) / History / 20th century USA Hanford, Wash. (DE-588)4327163-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Hanford, Wash. (DE-588)4327163-7 g Urananreicherung (DE-588)4187154-6 s Plutoniumverarbeitung (DE-588)4400053-4 s USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Atomare Rüstung (DE-588)4112614-2 s Kernwaffentest (DE-588)4139467-7 s Geschichte z DE-188 |
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