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with uranium. Phys. Rev. 55, 799–800 (1939)
Turner, L.A.: Secondary neutrons from uranium. Phys. Rev. 57, 334 (1940)
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uranium. Nature 143, 680 (1939)
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303–304
Weinberg, A.M., Wigner, E.P.: The Physical Theory of Neutron Chain Reactors. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago (1958)