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Word: mccollough (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the U.S. also came one of the few somber notes to temper Geneva's optimism. In a paper written with two co-workers (Roger McCollough, Mark Wells), the University of California's famed H-expert, Edward Teller, warned that science has not yet found sure ways to prevent peaceful reactors from blowing up. "[Despite] all the inherent safeguards that can be put into a reactor," said Teller, ". . . it is important to emphasize . . . the public hazard that might follow a reactor accident . . . [Because of leaking radiation] it may be necessary to evacuate a large city, to abandon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Atomic Future | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

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