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Polonium Production for Initiators

Name: Polonium Production for Initiators – United States factsheet records
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United States · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Charles Allen ThomasApril 1944

Dayton · Science / Technology

Monsanto's Dayton project begins supplying polonium for neutron-initiator research at Los Alamos.

Names involved

Charles Allen Thomas

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