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Irradiated Uranium Shipment

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942

Arthur Holly Compton27 July 1942

Chicago · Science / Physics

The first shipment of irradiated uranium, about 300 pounds, arrives at the Metallurgical Laboratory for plutonium research.

Names involved

Arthur Holly Compton

Provenance

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