@Atomicrod This is because reactors were not, in their initial incarnation, "peaceful" — they were machines for making plutonium.
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@curiouswavefn@GeneDannen@Atomicrod That was a secret patent, required by and assigned to the government. http://alexwellerstein.com/atomic_patents/
@curiouswavefn @GeneDannen @Atomicrod It was specifically about denying Szilard et al. any control over or profit from the technology.
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@wellerstein@curiouswavefn@Atomicrod Fermi and many others were compensated for their patents. Groves made sure that Szilard was not. -
@GeneDannen@wellerstein@Atomicrod Groves and Szilard was a match made in heaven... -
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@curiouswavefn@wellerstein@Atomicrod Szilard believed that leaving Project would be same as 'soldier deserting his post in wartime.'
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