Biographical Memoirs Volume 62 (1993) / Chapter Skim
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The remarkable thing is that this reaction results in 200 million volts of energy liberated and brings back the possibility of atomic power. Hafstad and I left the meeting as soon as Fermi finished to go to the lab to try the reaction.
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possibly the woricl would have known about atomic power and explosions much longer before the Seconc!
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It concluded "The day of free atomic power is probably not in sight." One other historical note on fission. Tuve was scheduled to be present at the first meeting between the scientists and the government following the letters from Einstein and Sachs to Roosevelt.
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