It applied directly to weapons research.
It is baffling to me that theoretical nuclear physics from 1945 can still be considered classified at all today. Seems pointless.
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If that were the declass. criteria, they'd never have declassified anything on reactors, fusion, etc., at all.
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The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 passed all nuclear research from military to AEC. Is not military research born secret?
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I think you're misconstruing the issue. Question is not why it might have been secret in 1945. Question is why it still is in 2016.
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All stays secret until it is declassified, even 70+ years later. I have never seen abrogation occur in US secrecy, w/o action.
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You're missing the point. Tons of things from this period have been declassified. The question is, why not these particular things?
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Therefore the cost of declassifying the calculations, requiring specialists, versus the number who benefit, might be a factor.
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They have had systems for declassifying technical information since 1946. It costs more to keep things secret than to release them.
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because post 1945 it was no longer theoretical...
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They declassified huge amounts of fundamental fusion work by even the 1950s, much less today.
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how many have the theoretical physics knowledge to vet and the security background to know how to vet? $$$ consultants?
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More like current or retired lab employees, depending on the questions being asked.
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if I'm retired and my ex company asks me questions, you better believe I'm a $$$$ consultant...
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control from those least able to comprehend the physics, chemistry and maths.
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Most recent 2010 changes to declassification, by executive order. See §1.4 (e) and (h), page 709. http://1.usa.gov/294c68m
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