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The assumption has been revised that the development of the first German nuclear reactor during 1942–1944 had failed at last because W. Bothe and P. Jensen were supposed to have determined a too great value of the neutron absorption cross section for graphite. A critical study of this experiment has shown, that with special regard to the idea, performance and presentation of the result the work has been a perfect and unique one. It would have been possible to build up a thermal reactor with “Bothe” graphite as moderator. The dimensions of this reactor are reported.
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Koester, L. Zum unvollendeten ersten deutschen Kernreaktor 1942/1944. Naturwissenschaften 67, 573–575 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396535
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396535