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X-10 Plutonium Chemical Separation

United States · Science / Nuclear Power. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1943

Arthur Holly ComptonDecember 1943

Oak Ridge · Science / Nuclear Power

Chemical separation of reactor-produced plutonium begins using irradiated fuel from the X-10 Graphite Reactor.

Names involved

Arthur Holly Compton

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