On January 31, 1950, President Truman approved hydrogen bomb development and testing, partly as a result of the first Soviet atomic test the previous August. In 1952 he became professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Livermore, California, division of the university's radiation laboratory (now Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)...
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He was the principal architect of the hydrogen bomb, first tested in 1952, and he strongly advocated that the United States continue the testing of thermonuclear weapons. He also made contributions to the application of nuclear explosives to peaceful uses. From 1954 to 1958, he served as Associate Director at the new Lawrence Livermore Laboratory...
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Drop The Bomb? They did not yet know the dangers of this powerful weapon and wanted to stage a demonstration for the Japanese to see what power the U.S. had. That never happened...	3 / 663
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