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| author | Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@archive.org> | 2017-11-21 15:55:35 -0800 |
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atomic bomb notes
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diff --git a/books/Making of the Atomic Bomb; Dark Sun.page b/books/Making of the Atomic Bomb; Dark Sun.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62ca719 --- /dev/null +++ b/books/Making of the Atomic Bomb; Dark Sun.page @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + +## Dark Sun + +p561: "Two vast gaseous-diffusion plants came on line, drawing more power than +the Tennessee Valley Authority and Hoover, Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams +could have delivered in concert; by 1957, the AEC consumed 6.7 percent o ftotal +US electrical power. [...] Building the new production complexes required more +than 11 percent of annual US nickel production, 34 percent of stainless steel, +33 percent of hydrofluoric acid. From $1.4 billion in 1947, AEC capital +investment increased to almost $9 billion by 1955, exceeding the capital +investment of General Motors, Bethlehem and US Steel, Alcoa, DuPont and +Goodyear combined."" |