Race horses vs work horses: Competition between the nuclear weapons labs in the 1950s

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5221234

Francis, S

This document provides a discussion of the missions and research programs of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and details the competition between the two nuclear weapons laboratories in the 1950's. (FI)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5221234
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-109724; CONF-920259-2; ON: DE92014778
• Resource Relation: Conference: Decade of innovation workshop, Livermore, CA (United States), 19-21 Feb 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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