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Uranium cubes show Nazi reactor was far from working

Researchers say the surviving cubes and wartime papers show Germany never had the uranium or heavy water to run its last experimental reactor; the confidence outlasted the supplies.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNew analysis of surviving uranium cubes and wartime documents shows Nazi Germany's last experimental reactor was nowhere near working, because it lacked the uranium and heavy water it needed.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the cubes were a down payment on a reactor, and nobody ever paid the rest.

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