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Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have obtained some initial results from their investigations into cubes of uranium which were part of Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons programme, the American Chemical Society (ACS) reported on 24 August. Brittany Robertson, a doctoral student who works at PNNL will present the work at ACS Fall 2021 meeting. 

Date: Friday, 27 August 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-scientists-investigate-uranium-cubes-from-nazi-germanys-nuclear-programme-9032569

An experimental method developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to determine the age and origin of uranium samples is being used to investigate the provenance of historic material allegedly recovered from Nazi Germany's nuclear programme during World War II. As well as potentially solving the mystery of the 'Heisenberg cubes', these techniques could also be applied to investigations into illicit trafficking of nuclear material.

Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-scientists-working-to-solve-Heseinberg-cube-mys

It is now 75 years since the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and colleagues in Berlin. It is also 60 years after US president Dwight Eisenhower's UN address later known as the 'Atoms for Peace' speech, which essentially started the international nuclear supply industry.

Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-power-and-the-civil-military-link-4171667

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