"At the end of the talks, I made a value judgement. I said that I thought there were
better ways to use atomic energy than spewing it forth into the atmosphere while telling
everybody it was good for them....I received an interesting letter from the Atomic
Energy Commission shortly thereafter, asking me what my qualifications were to talk
on such matters, and that after all, I had an Atomic Energy Commission grant, and
shouldn't I maybe shape up?" Paul Saltman. Speech titled "The Scientist Looks Ahead," presented at a Scripps-Caltech student
and faculty conference. February 1959.
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