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President Truman Increases Production of Uranium and Plutonium

October 09, 1950
Washington, DC
President Truman Increases Production of Uranium and Plutonium

President Truman approves a $1.4 billion expansion of Atomic Energy Commission facilities to produce uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons.

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