Organization for Scientific Mobilization, National Defense Research Council - Organization for Scientific Mobilization, National Defense Research Council

Japanese: 科学動員のための組織・国防研究会議 - かがくどういんのためのそしきこくぼうけんきゅうかいぎ
Organization for Scientific Mobilization, National Defense Research Council - Organization for Scientific Mobilization, National Defense Research Council

...However, this research was a chain reaction using slow neutrons from natural uranium graphite, and did not directly lead to the atomic bomb. Around this time, the US government was preparing for war as the European front expanded, and on June 27, 1940, it established the National Defense Research Council (NDRC), headed by V. Bush. The Uranium Advisory Committee was one of the committees of this NDRC.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Organization for Scientific Mobilization/Defense Research Council" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただしこの研究は,天然ウラン石墨を利用した遅い中性子による連鎖反応であって,後の原爆に直接つながるものではない。このころ,アメリカ政府は,ヨーロッパ戦線の拡大のなかで戦時体制を整え,40年6月27日にV.ブッシュを責任者とする〈科学動員のための組織・国防研究会議〉(略称NDRC)を設立した。先のウラニウム諮問委員会はこのNDRCの1委員会となる。…

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