Soviet scientists speak out

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.1993.11456340· OSTI ID:6586588

Holloway, D ^[1]

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1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

In this article, Russian bomb designers answer the KGB's claim that espionage, not science, produced the Soviet bomb. Yuli Khariton and Yuri Smirnov wholly reject the argument that Soviet scientists can claim little credit for the first Soviet bomb. In a lecture delivered at the Kurchatov Institute, established in 1943 when Igor Kurchatov became the director of the Soviet nuclear weapons project, Khariton and Smironov point to the work done by Soviet nuclear physicists before 1941 and refute assertions that have been made in Western literature regarding the hydrogen bomb.

• OSTI ID: 6586588
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States), Vol. 49:4; ISSN 0096-5243
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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