And for the thousands of chemists, metallurgists, and engineers on the project, it would be a sore spot—only the physics was declassifiable.
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@wellerstein Economic risks of allowing atomic energy were apparent to energy establishment. Szilard, Weinberg, Daniels saw opportunity
@Atomicrod I think you're neglecting the historical economic context. Every scrap of uranium was going to military programs.
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@wellerstein Don't ignore. Question WHY some establishment types thought building more bombs was so important. Maybe didn't WANT competition -
@Atomicrod This is a very silly read on history, I have to say. They had very few bombs in 1940s, and limited uranium supplies. -
@wellerstein War was over. No one else had bombs. Why push production to exclusion of all else? Fossil industry needed growing markets 1/2 -
@wellerstein Production capacity built to fuel war left huge oversupply and falling prices. Didn't need a new competitor. 2/3 -
@wellerstein 3/3 Coal industry less successful than oil in finding markets. Annual sales fell 30% 1945 to 1957. NCPC formed to halt slide
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