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K-25 Barrier Redesign

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

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1944

Leslie Richard GrovesJanuary 1944

Oak Ridge · Science / Technology

Groves orders a change in the gaseous-diffusion barrier approach after continuing failures to produce a suitable barrier for K-25.

Names involved

Leslie Richard Groves

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