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...earth. If not obscured by clouds, these explosions will be seen in Hawaii as brilliant flashes of light in the night sky, probably followed by enormous and rapidly swelling fireballs. They will dazzle the naked eye like glimpses of the sun, doing no permanent damage; but the AEC warns that it will be extremely dangerous to look at the lofty explosions with binoculars or telescopes. Concentrated on the eye's retina, the light will be strong enough to cook a fair-sized blind spot...
While the AEC and the military are claiming their blocks of information, a ship manned by scientists from the University of Washington is gathering fish, plankton and other oceanic fauna and flora to check for radiation effects. Specimens will be sent to Seattle for further study. A team from the U.S. Public Health Service is standing by to treat and study any unfortunate humans who tangle with test radiation...
...tests convinced AEC that it should set up a permanent nuclear-weapons division at Los Alamos, and Ogle became one of its seven-man experimental nucleus, known...
...Castle. When the test-detection system that Strauss had demanded disclosed that the Russians had set off their first A-bomb on Aug. 29, 1949, a new controversy split AEC and the nation's atomic scientists. Should the U.S. start a crash program to develop a hydrogen bomb? Strauss pleaded for it, but Lilienthal and the other three commissioners argued that the U.S. had a sufficient atomic superiority. J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of a general advisory commit tee of scientists to AEC, maintained that the doubtful project would only divert personnel from the proven A-bomb program. To Strauss...
...presidential green light sent the testing pros at Livermore and Los Alamos into an explosive burst of activity. A thorough series takes up to 18 months to prepare; they were given five months. Each lab sent its suggestions on what to test to Washington for top decision by AEC Chairman Seaborg. Military experts fired off plans to Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Actual programming was done by AEC's atom-wise general manager, Major General Alvin Luedecke, 51, and Defense's brilliant, abrasive research chief, Harold Brown, 34. At McCone's suggestion, Kennedy tapped Starbird for overall field...