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<\/div>T<\/span>he nuclear era began with the discovery of nuclear fission shortly before World War II. The first research program was developed in Germany and was aimed at military applications of nuclear fission. However, it was there that the possibility of building a natural uranium reactor moderated by heavy water was assessed for the first time in history. The parts of these early reactors, of which only a few are located, are used in the development of modern nuclear forensic analysis techniques.<\/p>\n

The Nuclear German program was led by several groups of scientists including Nobel laureate Werner Heisenberg team, but never achieved its goals. Fortunately, after five years of research, the program never succeeded in achieving a chain reaction.<\/p>\n

Part of its failure was due to the rivalry between the different groups of researchers to obtain the raw materials with which to build their corresponding experimental reactors. Those reactors were very different from the conventional experimental piles formed by a stack of blocks of uranium metal interspersed with other blocks of graphite that act as a moderator. They were formed by cubes of 5 cm on each side and weighing approximately two and a half kilograms that hung from cables and were immersed in a tank of heavy water.<\/p>\n

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