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Bob	02-23-2007 10:54 AM

On this day in 1941

Feb. 23, 1941: One Step Closer

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1941: Glenn Seaborg, leading two other researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, produces and isolates plutonium for the first time.

The team's success in producing an element with an atomic number higher than that of uranium (92) meant that the production of a nuclear weapon was not only possible, but inevitable.

Isaac-Saxxon

02-23-2007 12:34 PM

Life as it was known then would never be the same

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Originally Posted by Bob

Feb. 23, 1941: One Step Closer

I am a child of the 60's and I am sure many of you can remember the drills in school and the conversation around the house and being scared the world would end. The more things change it seems the more they stay the same.
1941 was just yesterday.
Isaac

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