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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The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 passed all nuclear research from military to AEC. Is not military research born secret?
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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My perspective is from people willing to pay to have that area declassified, after seeing eye-popping figures for new films.
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