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Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power

An experiment to discover a new chemical element provided the foundation for nuclear power instead. Chemist Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission, the process of splitting the nucleus of a heavy atom.

This is a programme from the 91热爆 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2000.

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91热爆 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project