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From dave pierson <pierson@empror.enet.dec.com>

In article <C1F74x.L3M@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, Steve Williams
<swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil> writes, in part:

> >While this may be the case, I do recall reading somewhere that the large
> >heavy-water distilling plant (the name of which I cannot remember) in Nazi-
> >controlled Norway was considered a serious-enough threat for them to try to
> >destroy it.

>This was a potential threat, but this doesn't mean that the Germans 
>were inches away from building a nuclear bomb.  If I remember right, 
>the Germans hadn't even achieved a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction,
>similar to that under Enrico Fermi at University of Chicago.

	They took a lot longer, buit i believe they had one or two by war's
	end.

>>Does anyone know of any evidence confirming or disputing the existence of a
>>German nuclear research programme? If there was one, was it very far
>>advanced by the time the war ended?
	For a summary, look for:
		The German Atomic Bomb
		David Irving

	which is relatively recent.

	Also, by coincidence, i note that NOVA, the PBS Science show (in the
	USA) has an upcoming show on the early history of the Russian/USSR
	program, and the influence of the German nuclear scientists the
	"acquired".  (Tuesday, 2 Feb, 8:00pm in Boston, others, check local
	listings...)

thanks
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