Atomic Heritage Foundation

In partnership with the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

November 1940

November 1940

John Dunning and Nobel Prize winner Harold Urey begin investigating isotope separation techniques without U.S. government support.

Date Range:

1940CE Nov

Era:

1939 to 1941: Investigating Nuclear Weapons

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