Record

RefNoFS/3/4/2
Previous numbersFS/14/2/85
LevelFile
TitlePapers on Uranium Isotope Separation (MAUD Committee notes, sketches etc)
Date1941-1956
DescriptionThis file is a loose collection of papers on the issue of Uranium Isotope Separation, both during the Second World War and after.

The post-war papers consist of correspondence with Sir Harold Hartley and Dr H Kronberger, UK Atomic Energy Authority, on a German system for uranium isotope separation, and on an Italian diffusion plant; and with Dr Joseph Slepian, Associate Director, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, on a scheme for separating uranium isotopes by magnetic means.

The papers from the Second World War relate to Simon's links to the MAUD Committee, which supervised research into Uranium Isotope Separation and its potential uses as a weapon and power source. They consist of notes taken by Simon after Technical Committee Meetings of the MAUD Committee; newspaper cuttings on wartime uranium research and drawings marked 'Sketches for first diffusion plant?'
Extent1 file
FormatManuscript and typescript documents
AccessStatusOpen
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