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FRSH/B/136A
Title
Los Alamos: letter from Louis [Slotin?]
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- 15 Apr. [1946?] (Creation)
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2 sheets
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(1904-1979)
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Letter with news of work and colleagues at Los Alamos.
Probably April 1946 and sent by Louis Slotin, Frisch's successor in charge of critical assemblies, who died of exposure to radiation received from an accident during experimental work.
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See What little I remember, pp.161, 171.
A note in the original CSAC finding aid: 'We are grateful to Sir Rudolf Peierls for his help in dating and identifying this letter.'