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Lewis Strauss

Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1954, who gave the Commission's public account of the Bravo fallout.

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  • Castle Bravo gave the Commission's public account on 31 March 1954 Primary record 2
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  1. 1954 Lewis Strauss chair of Atomic Energy Commission
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  1. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Final Report, Chapter 12: The Marshallese, U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (copy on the U.S. Department of Energy Openness site), 1995. Primary record
    Dr. Eugene Cronkite, who headed the medical team, said he told Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1954, of his concern that the New York Times and others had reported a "downright lie" in reporting that the fallout hazard was minimal.
    Young man, you have to remember that nobody reads yesterday's newspapers.
  2. Statement by Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, 31 March 1954 (press release), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (scan in the Nuclear Secrecy MINDD archive), 31 Mar 1954. Primary record
    First, that the yield was about double that of the calculated estimate -- a margin of error not incompatible with a totally new weapon.
    The wind failed to follow the predictions but shifted south of that line and the little islands of Rongelap, Rongerik, and Uterik were in the path of the fall-out.
    based on a statement attributed to her skipper, to the effect that he saw the flash of the explosion and heard the concussion six minutes later, it must have been well within the danger area
    The Task Force Commander promptly evacuated all the people from
    natives also appeared to me to be well and happy
    incident involving the fall-out on inhabited areas was actually a planned
    characterize it as utterly false, irresponsible, and gravely unjust to the men engaged in this patriotic service.
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