Critical Mass
Critical mass refers to the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Francis Perrin, a French scientist, was the first to publish a formula for calculating the critical mass of uranium in 1939.[^1]
Critical mass refers to the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Francis Perrin, a French scientist, was the first to publish a formula for calculating the critical mass of uranium in 1939.1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2. ↩
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