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Uranium Zero Yield Tests

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

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1945

Otto Robert Frisch12 April 1945

Los Alamos · Science / Physics

Frisch completes criticality and zero-yield experiments with uranium-235 needed to confirm weapon-core behaviour.

Names involved

Otto Robert Frisch

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