Heavy water and the wartime race for nuclear energy. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Per F. Dahl.
• Authors: Dahl, Per F, 1932-2011
• Contents: Prologue: Fornebu Airport, March 12, 1940. Manchester and Paris, 1919. The neutron. Heavy water. Artificial radioactivity. Nuclear fission. Heavy water revisited. The British initiative. Germany army ordnance takes charge. Heavy water takes center stage. America joins the quest. Action vemork. Neutrons despite bombs. Wavering outlook for heavy water. Canada enters the race. Fears and facts on the continent. Swabian Jura and upper telemark: final events. Hiroshima revealed; further contestants for nuclear energy. Epilogue. Appendices. Abbreviations. Notes. Select bibliography. Name index. Subject index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 546.22; Deuterium oxide; Nuclear energy; World War, 1939-1945 -- Science; World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000948363
• Related ISBNs: 9781000941623
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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