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Advisory Committee on Uranium

Name: Advisory Committee on Uranium – United States factsheet records
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United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1939Date range

2Named people

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Chronological records

1939

Franklin Delano Roosevelt11 October 1939

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

Authorises creation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt11 October 1939

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium

Lyman Briggs21 October 1939

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

First meeting of the Uranium Committee, headed by Lyman Briggs of the National Bureau of Standards, 6000 dollars is budgeted for neutron experiments

Franklin Delano Roosevelt21 October 1939

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

First meeting of the Uranium Committee, headed by Lyman Briggs of the National Bureau of Standards, 6000 dollars is budgeted for neutron experiments

Names involved

Franklin Delano RooseveltLyman Briggs

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