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The Manhattan Project

In Our Time: Science

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How Inevitable Did Success Look Going at That Speed?

The plutonium bomb almost didn't come to fruition because of its spontaneous fishing problem. They had to develop an implosive technique to assemble a critical mass. There was a lot of teething problems in getting these factories going. But by the spring of 19 forty five, both ridge and hanford were beginning to produce appreciable amounts of material.

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