Document Details
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Title:
Manhattan District History; Book IV - Pile Project; X - 10; Volume 2 - Research; Part I - Metallurgical Laboratory
Subject Terms:
Manhattan District History
Document Location:
DOE Historian, Office of History and Heritage Resources, Germantown, MD
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1946 Dec 31
Declassification Date:
2005 Oct 21
Document Pages:
205 pages
Accession Number:
MEDBook4Vol2P1
Originating Research Org.:
Atomic Energy Commission
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Apr 18
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Apr 17
Description/Abstract:
This volume of Book IV of the Manhattan District History presents a brief discussion of the research and development work performed under the auspices of the Metallurgical Laboratory, with headquarters at the University of Chicago, during the period from mid-January 1942 to 31 December 1946. Basic nuclear concepts and early nuclear research culminating in the discovery of neptunium and plutonium are outlined briefly to give the reader the necessary background material.