ScienceUranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
A new study says Germany’s B8 reactor project was not close to success merely for want of a little more uranium: its design lacked enough uranium and heavy water to build a working reactor. The research began in 2013, when University of Maryland physicist Timothy Koeth received a mysterious metal cube and recognized it as one of the uranium pieces used in the German effort.
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Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
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