the research from the maud committee was compiled in two reports, commonly known as the maud reports in july 1941. the first report, "use of uranium for a bomb", discussed the feasibility of creating a super-bomb from uranium, which they now thought to be true. the second, "use of uranium as a source of power" discussed the idea of using uranium as a source of power, not just a bomb. the maud committee and report helped bring about the british nuclear program, the tube alloys project. not only did it help start a nuclear project in britain but it helped jump-start the american project. without the help of the maud committee the american program, the manhattan project, would have started months behind. instead they were able to begin thinking about how to create a bomb, not whether it was possible. historian margaret gowing noted that "events that change a time scale by only a few months can nevertheless change history."