Klaus Fuchs And The Atomic Bomb
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Klaus Fuchs was responsible for providing the Soviet Union with crucial information about the Manhattan project and the development of the atom bomb, the importance and value of the information that he gave the Russians is unfathomable. “By handing over the secret of the plutonium bomb and implosion to the Soviets, Fuchs allowed the Soviet bomb project to skip the length and astounding expensive development stage that had led the Manhattan project to that solution.” Fuchs alone sped the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb program up by months allowing them to skip months of expensive, tedious, and resource consuming work. “With the great deal of information stolen by Soviet spies, the question of its usefulness and applicability …show more content…
Another crucial factor in the development of the bomb was developing a method for isotope separation and diffusion. The United States tried three methods of diffusion before settling on gaseous diffusion. This process cost the U.S. four hundred million dollars, used up 86,000 tons of silver, and occupied 24,000 skilled men; 128 carloads of electrical equipment arrived at Oak Ridge every two weeks during the effort. The U.S.S.R. simply lacked the electric power for such an undertaking, yet had the information on gaseous diffusion delivered to its scientists by Klaus Fuchs, thus saving significant time in their bomb developments.” The information that Klaus Fuchs provided was by itself enough to tremendously help the Soviets atomic bomb program, saving them months of expensive work. However, Fuchs was not the only one to provide valuable information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets. Ted Hall and David Greenglass were also passing on a large amount of information and secrets to the Soviets. Most of the information provided by Hall and Greenglass had already been provided by Fucks. But with the information provided by Hall and Greenglass the Soviets created a system by which they could double check the information that they were receiving to
Klaus Fuchs was responsible for providing the Soviet Union with crucial information about the Manhattan project and the development of the atom bomb, the importance and value of the information that he gave the Russians is unfathomable. “By handing over the secret of the plutonium bomb and implosion to the Soviets, Fuchs allowed the Soviet bomb project to skip the length and astounding expensive development stage that had led the Manhattan project to that solution.” Fuchs alone sped the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb program up by months allowing them to skip months of expensive, tedious, and resource consuming work. “With the great deal of information stolen by Soviet spies, the question of its usefulness and applicability …show more content…
Another crucial factor in the development of the bomb was developing a method for isotope separation and diffusion. The United States tried three methods of diffusion before settling on gaseous diffusion. This process cost the U.S. four hundred million dollars, used up 86,000 tons of silver, and occupied 24,000 skilled men; 128 carloads of electrical equipment arrived at Oak Ridge every two weeks during the effort. The U.S.S.R. simply lacked the electric power for such an undertaking, yet had the information on gaseous diffusion delivered to its scientists by Klaus Fuchs, thus saving significant time in their bomb developments.” The information that Klaus Fuchs provided was by itself enough to tremendously help the Soviets atomic bomb program, saving them months of expensive work. However, Fuchs was not the only one to provide valuable information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets. Ted Hall and David Greenglass were also passing on a large amount of information and secrets to the Soviets. Most of the information provided by Hall and Greenglass had already been provided by Fucks. But with the information provided by Hall and Greenglass the Soviets created a system by which they could double check the information that they were receiving to