2021/03/15 by Stephen A. Andrews, Andrews, S. A., Madison Andrews +3
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Research, Science, and Academia #Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.08582
openalex publication_date 2021/03/15 · openalex created_date 2021/03/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
During the second world war, Canada made several important contributions to the wartime work of the Manhattan Project. The three main contributions were: establishing a domestic nuclear research laboratory in Montreal to investigate heavy water reactors, creating supply chains to provide uranium oxide, heavy water and polonium to the Manhattan Project, and the direct contributions of several Canadians living the United States. These wartime efforts helped establish a legacy of nuclear research in Canada which has persisted to the present day.