Word: aebersold
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...Paul C. Aebersold of Oak Ridge and Dr. Joseph G. Hamilton of the University of California tried to be reassuring, too. There is no reason to worry about atomic bombs making men & women sterile, they said: a dose that would sterilize would be enough to kill. Anyhow, most damage from atomic bombs comes not from some mysterious ray but from ordinary blast (like high-explosive bombs) and burns (like fire-bombs). An enemy would probably blast and burn, rather than make whole cities radioactive. It would be "inconvenient" to evacuate parts of cities, but Geiger countermen would be around...
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