1945 July 19

J. Robert Oppenheimer suggests to General Leslie Groves that the U-235 from Little Boy be reworked into uranium/plutonium composite cores for making more implosion bombs (4 implosion bombs could be made from Little Boy's pit). Groves rejects the idea since it would delay combat use.

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Gen. Groves.
Date Range: 
1945CE Jul 19th
Era: 
1945: Ending the War [1]

Source URL: https://www.atomicheritage.org/event/1945-july-19