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Chuck Hansen (May 13, 1947March 26, 2003) was the compiler, over a period of 30 years, of the world's largest private collection of unclassified documents on how America developed atomic and
Chuck Hansen: Obsessive collector whose files told America's A-bomb secrets
''The Guardian'', 25 April 2003.William J. Broad
''The New York Times'', December 12, 1989. In 1988, Hansen wrote the book ''U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History'',Jeffrey G. Barlow
U. S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History (Review)
''The Journal of Military History'', Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 105-106. which, along with great detail about the process of developing, testing and administering atomic weapons was critical of the U.S. Defense Department, the Atomic Energy Commission, and some other government agencies. In the book Hansen reported that the early years of
The National Security Archive
The George Washington University * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Chuck Historians of nuclear weapons 1947 births 2003 deaths Nuclear weapons
Chuck Hansen (May 13, 1947March 26, 2003) was the compiler, over a period of 30 years, of the world's largest private collection of unclassified documents on how America developed atomic and thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lowe ...
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Research
Hansen's documents were obtained through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and since his death have been housed at theNational Security Archive
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at George Washington University
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.Christopher Reed.Chuck Hansen: Obsessive collector whose files told America's A-bomb secrets
''The Guardian'', 25 April 2003.William J. Broad
''The New York Times'', December 12, 1989. In 1988, Hansen wrote the book ''U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History'',Jeffrey G. Barlow
U. S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History (Review)
''The Journal of Military History'', Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 105-106. which, along with great detail about the process of developing, testing and administering atomic weapons was critical of the U.S. Defense Department, the Atomic Energy Commission, and some other government agencies. In the book Hansen reported that the early years of
nuclear testing
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were less successful than claimed; bombs failed, or yielded smaller or larger explosions than anticipated or announced, and attempts to develop a radioactivity-free bomb were unsuccessful. ''U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History'' is currently out of print, but it is available on compact disk through his publisher.
A second compilation of Hansen's material was published on compact disc as ''Swords of Armageddon'' in 1995. While Hansen´s ''U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History'' was very instructive, ''Swords of Armageddon'' contains much more information and details about nuclear weapons developed by United States. It is in its second revision.
Publications
* *See also
*List of books about nuclear issues
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* List of nuclear whistleblowers
*Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons. Its end state can also be a nuclear-weapons-free world, in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated. The term ''denuclearization'' is also used to describe the pro ...
* Nuclear weapons and the United States
*Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about northwest of ...
* Alvin C. Graves
*National Security Archive
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References
External links
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