J. Robert Oppenheimer: Niels Bohr and Atomic Weapons

Technical Report · Tue May 09 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1972972· OSTI ID:1972972

Meade, Roger Allen ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

On May 18^th, 1964, J. Robert Oppenheimer made his last visit to Los Alamos, highlighted by a talk on Niels Bohr before a full house at the community’s civic auditorium and by an audio link to another full house sitting in the Laboratory’s main auditorium. Although recorded, his talk was not transcribed. Later, Oppenheimer sent a transcript to the Laboratory, which is reproduced below. His talk, of course, deviated from time-to-time from this written version. Unfortunately, the transcript was microfilmed, the original disappearing. Hence, all of Oppenheimer’s marginal notations and handwritten edits are unreadable. A poor quality recording is being converted to a modern format and will be available for listening.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1972972
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--23-24925
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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