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Ce que l\u2019histoire retient souvent moins, c\u2019est l\u2019origine du minerai qui a permis la fabrication de ces bombes : l\u2019uranium congolais<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le 6 ao\u00fbt 1945, le bombardier am\u00e9ricain\u00a0<em>Enola Gay<\/em>\u00a0largue sur la ville d&rsquo;Hiroshima une bombe de plus de deux tonnes : \u00ab\u00a0Little Boy \u00bb. Elle contient 64 kg\u00a0d\u2019uranium 235, un isotope fissile extr\u00eamement rare, extrait de la mine de Shinkolobwe, en plein c\u0153ur du Congo belge,\u00a0pr\u00e8s de la ville de Likasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La mine situ\u00e9e dans l&rsquo;actuelle province m\u00e9ridionale du Katanga est d\u00e9couverte en 1915 et exploit\u00e9e \u00e0 partir de 1921 par l\u2019Union mini\u00e8re du Haut-Katanga, une entreprise belge. Mais le minerai d&rsquo;une qualit\u00e9 exceptionnelle dont elle regorge ne trouve pas encore de grand usage pratique. Les choses changent \u00e0 la veille de la guerre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1939, alors que la guerre approche en Europe, Edgar Sengier, dirigeant de l\u2019Union mini\u00e8re, s\u2019inqui\u00e8te des perspectives militaires li\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019uranium. Il d\u00e9cide d\u2019exp\u00e9dier une partie du stock disponible \u00e0 New York, o\u00f9 il se r\u00e9fugie lui-m\u00eame. R\u00e9sultat&nbsp;: plus d\u2019un millier de tonnes d\u2019uranium congolais arrivent aux \u00c9tats-Unis. 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