Talk:Rjukan Line

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 14, 2006.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that in 1944 a railway ferry on the Norwegian railway Rjukanbanen (pictured) was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?

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The article could be a little clearer on how this prevented Nazi Germany from developing nukes. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 21:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it should. It should also say that the amount of heavy water the Nazis had wasn't enough to make nukes anyway. -Rouleau

I've altered the article to be a little more specific about the sinking. The full story of the aftermath of the sabotage operation is a story best left to its own article. -Freekee 04:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The term 'kalkammonsalpeter', which appears in the Rjukan Line#Decline section refers to some type of nitrate, possibly calcium nitrate? Its not potassium nitrate, since potassium- seems to be pott- .Pyrotec (talk) 19:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]