Document Details
Title:
THIS TINY AMOUNT OF PLUTONIUM IS THE FIRST PURE PLUTONIUM PRODUCED IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1943 Oct 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0096830
Document Number(s):
AEC667690
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE TINY AMOUNT OF PLUTONIUM SHOWN HERE--ABOUT 30 MILLIONTHS OF A GRAM --IS THE FIRST PURE PLUTONIUM PRODUCED IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR, THE DATE WAS OCTOBER 12, 1943, AS THE LEGEND SHOWS; THE PLUTONIUM WAS ISOLATED FROM URANIUM IRRADIATED IN THE CP-2 REACTOR AT THE AEC'S ARGONNE NATI ONAL LABORATORY, ARGONNE, ILLINOIS. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN THROUGH A MICROSCOPE; THE SILVER SHOWN ACTUALLY IS LESS THAN A HALF-INCH LONG . NOWADAYS, PLUTONIUM IS PRODUCED ROUTINELY, IN LARGE AMOUNTS, IN NUCL EAR REACTORS.