International Security · 1977 · 11 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesNuclear EngineeringDisarmament StudiesNuclear PhysicsNuclear SecurityNonproliferation PolicyNuclear DisarmamentNuclear DoctrineNuclear FissionNuclear NonproliferationNuclear ProliferationChain Reaction MechanismsNonproliferationNuclear Nonproliferation LawPrompt Neutron Kinetics
When Hahn's paper reached this country about a fortnight ago, a few of us got interested in the question whether neutrons are liberated in the desintegration of uranium. Obviously if more than one neutron was liberated, a sort of chain reaction would be possible. In certain circumstances this might than lead to the construction of bombs which would be extremely dangerous in general and particularly in the hands of certain governments.