On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:16:46 -0400, John Gilmore wrote:
>
>... The original Hanford, Washington, gaseous-diffusion
>facility for the separation of uranium isotopes was designed by Enrico
>Fermi, slide rule in hand. ...
>
My recollection is that gaseous-diffusion separation of uranium was
performed at Oak Ridge and Hanford separated plutonium chemically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
(Feel free to criticize the source, but then please provide a
rebutting citation.)
-- gil
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