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Implosion Core Criticality Confirmation

Austria · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Otto Robert Frisch24 June 1945

Los Alamos · Science / Physics

Frisch confirms through criticality measurements that the planned implosion-core design is satisfactory.

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Otto Robert Frisch

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