Thin Man was the code name for a proposed plutonium-fueled gun-type nuclear bomb that the United States partially developed during the Manhattan Project, before its development was abandoned in 1944 after researchers discovered that the spontaneous fission rate of reactor-bred plutonium was too high for a gun-type design because of the concentration of the isotope plutonium-240. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class (category)Grenade / Explosive Device 1 Classification
Service StatusPrototype or Experimental 1 Weapon Class Sources
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Nuclear weapon
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Its development was abandoned in 1944 after it was discovered that the spontaneous fission rate of nuclear reactor-bred plutonium was too high for use in a gun-type design due to the high concentration of the isotope plutonium-240.
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