The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Olson Steve
The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Olson Steve It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. In a matter of months, the Hanford…
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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Olson Steve
It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear chain reaction of inconceivable explosive power.
In the desert of eastern Washington State, far from prying eyes, scientists Glenn Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and many thousands of others--the physicists, engineers, laborers, and support staff at the facility--manufactured plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and for the bombs in the current American nuclear arsenal, enabling the construction of weapons with the potential to end human civilization.With his
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