Chalmers Johnson says Q clearance was atomic energy in "Me and the CIA" (1997).
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Q clearance is for Restricted Data as defined by the Atomic Energy Act. It is a parallel classification system to National Defense Information (which is the Confidential, Secret, Top Secret system), and only applies to nuclear matters, right.
As an aside, the "Q" stands for nothing. The original AEC system used a form called PSQ (Personnel Security Questionnaire). They decided to make different levels of clearances P, S, and Q. They ended up dropping the P and S categories. I always thought that was amusingly banal.
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Combine that with "Formerly Restricted Data" as the stuff that is still legally restricted but not titular "Restricted" level protections and it's beyond Yes Prime Minister level
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