[Amps] silver use for conductors TSPA

[John T. M. Lyles]

Correction:
The production of Pu in Hanford used reactors, and a lot of 
radiochemistry. While it did need lots of electricity to run things, 
the place you are referring to is Oak Ridge in Tennessee. They used a 
device which Ernest Lawrence developed, to separate U isotopes. It 
was very energy intensive, having large electromagnets, and having a 
large number operating simultaneously. The were the organization that 
borrowed the silver from the US Mint.

73
john
K5PRO

>  Copper was
>needed for the war effort and the US Mint had a large quantity of silver.
>After the war the wiring was replaced and the silver returned to the Mint.
>For the same reason most 1943 5 cent pieces were made of silver rather than
>nickel.  After the war, these coins were pulled from circulation.
>
>History lesson for today
>
>73
>David
>KC2JD