Quotes about alamos (16 Quotes)


    While the current Los Alamos security break likely did not involve espionage, in some ways it's worse, ... Espionage is very hard to guard against. You win some and lose some. Here you've got a situation where there just sloppy accountability and record keeping.

    During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.



    The weapons laboratory of Los Alamos stands as a reminder that our very power as pattern finders can work against us, that it is possible to discern enough of the universe's underlying order to tap energy so powerful that it can destroy its discoverers or slowly poison them with its waste.



    We monitor all of our burns in the park and have been working with Los Alamos National Lab to develop some projects cross-boundary, ... Fire has been here for thousands of years and there are many species ecologically dependent on fire. They have adapted

    It is a privilege to recognize the contributions of the many individuals and organizations that have played a key role in the establishment and continued success of UNM-LA, ... UNM has had a presence in Los Alamos as far back as 1956 with the establishment of a residence center. What we are celebrating today is the establishment of the official UNM branch, opening in 1980.


    The president is pleased that Senator Howard Baker and Congressman Lee Hamilton have agreed to conduct a review regarding missing data at Los Alamos, ... He expects their efforts to be thorough, expeditious and conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the FBI's investigation of this very serious matter.

    It is the University of California's intent to comply fully with the requirements of the Department of Energy and to ensure that we honor the commitment made by the UC Board of Regents to Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and retirees with respect to their benefits, including their retirement.


    When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware of the fact that their competence in science does not give them a clue to the problem of how their science should be used in the service of man. The sensitive visitor to the mesas of Los Alamos is almost sure to meditate on the experience of that gifted man, Klaus Fuchs. Though his work in the laboratories was outstanding, his decision concerning the use of what he knew was disastrous. What if, in addition to his scientific competence, the younger Fuchs had shared something of the Christian conviction of his father, Emil Fuchs Much of the subsequent history of our earth might then have been different.

    Labs like Los Alamos are working with private industry to develop a number of technologies like this, but whether these guys think they have a magic bullet is a different matter.





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