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- 5The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
- 5-1Development and Use of the Atomic Bomb
- 5-1-1Developing the Atomic Bomb
5-1-1-2Beginning the Atomic Bomb Project
The U.K. government established the MAUD Committee to study the possible military use of atomic energy. In July 1941, the committee reported that an atomic bomb was feasible. When this information was communicated to the United States, President Franklin Roosevelt approved development funding. That November, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences estimated that atomic bombs could be available within three or four years.
The United States then moved into full scale development.
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East Building third floor 5 The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
5-1-1 Developing the Atomic Bomb
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