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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
Joined September 2011

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    1. (((James Acton)))‏ @james_acton32 11 Sep 2017
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      I am highly skeptical of @benrileysmith story that Iran assisted DPRK with *recent* nuclear advances. (1/n)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/09/exclusive-north-korea-secretly-helped-iran-gain-nuclear-weapons/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em …

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    2. (((James Acton)))‏ @james_acton32 11 Sep 2017
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      UK government is looking for evidence of foreign involvement b/c of belief that DPRK couldn't have made progress without outside help. (2/n)pic.twitter.com/NxLZa3bGCG

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      Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 11 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @james_acton32 @benrileysmith

      Reminds me of memo from May 1945 re: how long it would take other nations to replicate Hanford — bad stereotypes as intelligence estimates.pic.twitter.com/tQ9RhtzBTH

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      • Eduardo Escárez Saifur Rahman Ali Reid Parham alex kovaleski #FBPE #StopBrexit #RevokeA50 🔶 Christian Terri Groth Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer (⧖) 🏳️‍🌈 william ricker Malfrid
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        1. kizomba_NL‏ @kizomba_NL 11 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @wellerstein @james_acton32 @benrileysmith

          Could you please explain what `W' stands for?

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        2. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 11 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @kizomba_NL @james_acton32 @benrileysmith

          Site W = code name for Hanford Site, where plutonium was made (reactors, etc.).

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        3. kizomba_NL‏ @kizomba_NL 11 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @wellerstein

          Thank you very much for this clarification! (I had inferred that in the meantime and should have seen that earlier.)

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