By August 1945, production about .8 kg/day. By late 1946, is +2 kg/day.
Cumulative shipments of U-235 from Oak Ridge to Los Alamos, 1944-1946. 64 kg = 1 Hiroshima bomb.pic.twitter.com/G6rQOHlIUG
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That says "of U-235" so contained 235 portion not total incl 238?..
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It's total HEU, but enrichment level of output varied over the period in question.pic.twitter.com/4OvgFkv7h3
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I'm surprised to see U-235 listed instead of a codename
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Graph was compiled postwar, so U-235 OK to say :-)
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good explanation
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@wellerstein I think my description of the Manhattan Project as an atomic bomb *factory* is apt. http://www.dannen.com/decision/bomb-rate.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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