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zipplewrath

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12. It's harder than one thinks

Reply to localroger (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 08:47 PM

Jun 2019

Nuclear reactors are harder to build than people understand. And at the time no one really understood how to do it. We had some of the literally smartest people in the world here (because the Germans chased many of them out of Europe) and we still almost killed huge numbers of people. The Chicago reaction almost got out of control. Several people died at Los Alamos when experiments went badly wrong.

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The Nazis almost built a working nuclear reactor. [View all] hunter Jun 2019 OP

Was not the distruction Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #1

I was thinking this as well, but now it seems it was more of an organizational problem. hunter Jun 2019 #5

Forgot about the Boron Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #7

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I'll look for it. hunter Jun 2019 #8

Depleted uranium zipplewrath Jun 2019 #3

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One of my Dad's favorite jokes SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #6

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Caution zipplewrath Jun 2019 #11

This is all well documented by Richard Rhodes localroger Jun 2019 #9

It's harder than one thinks zipplewrath Jun 2019 #12

I remember when I first read about this, still amazes me that it was allowed to happen... Javaman Jun 2019 #18

To quote from the article posted: hunter Jun 2019 #15

Actually it was laughable localroger Jun 2019 #20

that was such a brilliant book. Probably my favorite. nt Javaman Jun 2019 #17

The real irony SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #13

I read a lot of alt history and I always wondered... Javaman Jun 2019 #19

Many Russians were willing to embrace the Germans as saviors localroger Jun 2019 #21

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