[6thElement]

Hey @johnbryanpeters I know you've posted nuclear related threads before, did you know the uranium used in the Manhattan Project was mined in the Congo?

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

The DR Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today.

www.bbc.com

 

[StiHacka]

I doubt the role of Czech uranium from Jachymov in soviet nuclear program is known either.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxlvGdtYDrAhXog3IEHRm7BREQFjABegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.org.uk%2Ffiles%2Fdownload%2F533%2F1204285709%2Fczech_uranium.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2y2ym-0N71CMnscSESG8rl

 

[rideit]

So where was all of the Moab uranium used?

 

[Nick]

And is somewhat buried in the woods where I started riding trails. Red Gate.

Here Lies the World's First Nuke | Chicago Reader

After producing the first atomic chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, it was buried in Red Gate Woods near 95th and Archer. May it rest in peace.

m.chicagoreader.com

 

[Jm_]

So where was all of the Moab uranium used?

If I remember, they were trying to secure as much as possible as fast as possible through multiple sources. There were at least the two "plants" on each side of the country refining it to get enough fissionable material for the first bombs.

 

[Jm_]

And is somewhat buried in the woods where I started riding trails. Red Gate.

Here Lies the World's First Nuke | Chicago Reader

After producing the first atomic chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, it was buried in Red Gate Woods near 95th and Archer. May it rest in peace.

m.chicagoreader.com

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Well, maybe not:

Natural nuclear fission reactor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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[6thElement]

So where was all of the Moab uranium used?

If I remember, they were trying to secure as much as possible as fast as possible through multiple sources. There were at least the two "plants" on each side of the country refining it to get enough fissionable material for the first bombs.

Sounds like it wasn't even worth mining compared to that Congo mine.

Mines in the US and Canada were considered a “good” prospect if they could yield ore with 0.03% uranium. At Shinkolobwe, ores typically yielded 65% uranium. The waste pile of rock deemed too poor quality to bother processing, known as tailings, contained 20% uranium.

 

[Jm_]

Sounds like it wasn't even worth mining compared to that Congo mine.

Not sure, my brother is the expert about that, but I seem to recall it's what isotope you are mining, so the 65% may not have been the right isotope or may have required more processing. There are some good vids on it on the 'tube.

 

[kidwoo]

So where was all of the Moab uranium used?

Notice how the lights at the temple in salt lake city never go out........even in a blackout?

 

[rideit]

(Puff) DUDE (puff)

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Hey @johnbryanpeters I know you've posted nuclear related threads before, did you know the uranium used in the Manhattan Project was mined in the Congo?

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

The DR Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today.

www.bbc.com

I doubt the role of Czech uranium from Jachymov in soviet nuclear program is known either.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxlvGdtYDrAhXog3IEHRm7BREQFjABegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.org.uk%2Ffiles%2Fdownload%2F533%2F1204285709%2Fczech_uranium.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2y2ym-0N71CMnscSESG8rl

And is somewhat buried in the woods where I started riding trails. Red Gate.

Here Lies the World's First Nuke | Chicago Reader

After producing the first atomic chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, it was buried in Red Gate Woods near 95th and Archer. May it rest in peace.

m.chicagoreader.com

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Interesting stuff, thank you!

 

[Pesqueeb]

Interesting stuff, thank you!

Everyone knows about your "casual" interests in fissionable materials, John.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Everyone knows about your "casual" interests in fissionable materials, John.

You misspelled causal.