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July 1941 – British MAUD Committee Releases ‘Use of Uranium as a Source of Power’ Report

by VNEC Staff | Jul 1, 1941 | Timeline

December 14, 1940 – Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin M. McMillan, and Arthur C. Wahl Produce and Isolate Plutonium

by VNEC Staff | Dec 14, 1940 | Timeline

1940s – Uranium is First Enriched in the United States as Part of The Manhattan Project

by VNEC Staff | Jan 1, 1940 | Timeline

1940 – Soviet physicists Georgy Flyorov and Konstantin Petrzhak Demonstrate Spontaneous Fission

1940 – Soviet physicists Georgy Flyorov and Konstantin Petrzhak Demonstrate Spontaneous Fission

by VNEC Staff | Jan 1, 1940 | Timeline

August 29, 1939 – Bohr and Wheeler Publish an Analysis of the Fission Process

August 29, 1939 – Bohr and Wheeler Publish an Analysis of the Fission Process

by VNEC Staff | Aug 29, 1939 | Timeline

May 1939 – Francis Perrin Introduces the Concept of the Critical Mass of Uranium Required to Produce a Self-Sustaining Release of Energy

by VNEC Staff | May 1, 1939 | Timeline

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