Chuck Hansen

Chuck Hansen (May 13, 1947 - March 26, 2003) compiled, over a period of 30 years, the world's largest private collection of documents on how America developed the atomic bomb. These documents were obtained through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and since Hansen's death have been housed at the National Security Archive at George Washington University.^[1][2]

In 1988 Hansen wrote the book U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History,^[3] which 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 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.^[1][2]

See also

• List of books about nuclear issues
• List of nuclear whistleblowers
• Nuclear disarmament
• Nuclear weapons and the United States
• Nevada Test Site
• Alvin C. Graves
• National Security Archive

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Christopher Reed. Chuck Hansen: Obsessive collector whose files told America's A-bomb secrets The Guardian, 25 April 2003.
2. ^ ^{a b} William J. Broad. From Cold War to Nuclear Nostalgia The New York Times, December 12, 1989.
3. ^ 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.

External links

• Chuck Hansen, The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 (CD-ROM).
• The National Security Archive The George Washington University

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Name	Hansen, Chuck
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Date of birth	May 13, 1947
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Date of death	March 26, 2003
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