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Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy (Paperback)
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Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy (Paperback)
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Heavy water (deuterium oxide) played a sinister role in the race
for nuclear energy during the World War II. It was a key factor in
Germany's bid to harness atomic energy primarily as a source of
electric power; its acute shortage was a factor in Japan's decision
not to pursue seriously nuclear weaponry; its very existence was a
nagging thorn in the side of the Allied powers. Books and films
have dwelt on the Allies' efforts to deny the Germans heavy water
by military means; however, a history of heavy water has yet to be
written. Filling this gap, Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for
Nuclear Energy concentrates on the circumstances whereby Norway
became the preeminent producer of heavy water and on the scientific
role the rare isotope of hydrogen played in the wartime efforts by
the Axis and Allied powers alike. Instead of a purely technical
treatise on heavy water, the book describes the social history of
the subject. The book covers the discovery and early uses of
deuterium before World War II and its large-scale production by
Norsk Hydro in Norway, especially under German control. It also
discusses the French-German race for the Norwegian heavy-water
stocks in 1940 and heavy water's importance for the subsequent
German uranium project, including the Allied sabotage and bombing
of the Norwegian plants, as well as its lesser role in Allied
projects, especially in the United States and Canada. The book
concludes with an overall assessment of the importance and the
perceived importance of heavy water for the German program, which
alone staked everything on heavy water in its quest for a nuclear
chain reaction.
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