A nuclear explosion occurred in Germany during World War II
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 8/100
Historical and forensic evidence establishes that Nazi Germany never successfully developed nuclear weapons or produced a nuclear explosion during World War II.
Evidence against · 3
Uranium from German Nuclear Power Projects of the 1940s--A Nuclear Forensic Investigation.
2015 · cited by 17
Analysis of uranium from wartime German projects indicates that the nuclear fuel was never exposed to a major neutron fluence, ruling out a functional nuclear explosion or operational reactor.
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More against · 2
The German Uranium Project
2000 · cited by 17
Historical records of the German atomic project show that scientists were only attempting to produce electric power via a uranium chain reaction rather than developing operational nuclear weapons.
Tracking the journey of a uranium cube
2019 · cited by 5
Investigations into the German quest for nuclear technology during World War II confirm that the program ultimately failed to build a working nuclear reactor or weapon.