Forensic investigation of uranium from German nuclear projects from the 1940s
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 05:40
in Physics & Chemistry
In Germany in the 1940s, a variety of projects was launched to develop technical applications for the nuclear fission of uranium. Historical uranium samples from Germany have now undergone forensic investigation by an international team of researchers. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they were able to confirm the authenticity of the samples and to show that no self-sustained nuclear chain reaction was achieved in experiments of the time.