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- From: dave pierson <pierson@empror.enet.dec.com>
- Subject: Re: German nuclear research in WW2
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:49:21 GMT
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- From dave pierson <pierson@empror.enet.dec.com>
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- In article <C1F74x.L3M@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, Steve Williams
- <swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil> writes, in part:
-
- > >While this may be the case, I do recall reading somewhere that the large
- > >heavy-water distilling plant (the name of which I cannot remember) in Nazi-
- > >controlled Norway was considered a serious-enough threat for them to try to
- > >destroy it.
-
- >This was a potential threat, but this doesn't mean that the Germans
- >were inches away from building a nuclear bomb. If I remember right,
- >the Germans hadn't even achieved a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction,
- >similar to that under Enrico Fermi at University of Chicago.
-
- They took a lot longer, buit i believe they had one or two by war's
- end.
-
- >>Does anyone know of any evidence confirming or disputing the existence of a
- >>German nuclear research programme? If there was one, was it very far
- >>advanced by the time the war ended?
- For a summary, look for:
- The German Atomic Bomb
- David Irving
-
- which is relatively recent.
-
- Also, by coincidence, i note that NOVA, the PBS Science show (in the
- USA) has an upcoming show on the early history of the Russian/USSR
- program, and the influence of the German nuclear scientists the
- "acquired". (Tuesday, 2 Feb, 8:00pm in Boston, others, check local
- listings...)
-
- thanks
- dave pierson |the facts, as accurately as i can manage,
- Digital Equipment Corporation |the opinions, my own.
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