Talk:Tube Alloys

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it forms a new isotope U-239, and this isotope's nucleus rapidly emits an electron decaying into new element with a mass of 239 and an atomic number of 93.

I'm pretty sure there are no electrons in the nucleus of a Uranium 239 atom. Somebody who knows what they're talking about needs to check the science behind this. 58.164.129.211 23:32, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

A nucleus can emit an electron. They are known as Beta particles. JMcC 13:26, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The US heavy water plant

If it was a US heavy water plant, why is it located in Trail, British Columbia? BC is a Canadian province. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.54.180.127 (talk) 16:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC).

IIRC heavy water requires access to lots of electric power, hence the predominance in areas of hydroelectric power (and Norway's early lead in the field), but I'm no physicist so i can't really say authoritatively. Pickle 16:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tube Alloys vs. TUBE ALLOYS

I've seen "Tube Alloys" spelled in all caps in a few other articles related to the Manhattan Project. Is there a difference? Is one way correct and the other incorrect??Jedi Shadow 03:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Much of my information comes from Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer Prize winning book "The Making of the Atomic Bomb". I regard it as definitive. In it, Tube Alloys has its two initial letters capitalised. However in correspondence at the time, it was sometimes all in lower case to give the impression that the subject was nothing more special than a generic material. The current title and its case is correct. However MAUD is correctly capitalised as if it was an acronym, but it did not stand for anything other than Bohr's sons' governess. I think the confusion arises because some people think that all projects should be in upper case. JMcC 07:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

From reading many essays and other books on the subject of military secret projects and operations it seems that the USA predominately spells out the name of secret projects and operations in upper case whereas Great Britain and other countries refer to the names in lower case to aid in confusing the enemy. eg "Tube Alloys" as opposed to "MANHATTEN PROJECT". TasDave 05:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)