Biden administration says 1954 decision that ended atomic bomb scientist’s career was part of ‘flawed process’
has overturned a 1954 decision that revoked the security clearance of J Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist credited as a key architect of the atomic bomb who was caught up in the Red Scare over communism in US politics.published on Friday that the original decision by the Atomic Energy Commission on Oppenheimer’s security clearance had been part of a “flawed process that violated the Commission’s own regulations”.
Oppenheimer led the development of the atomic bomb through his work at the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos National Laboratory.to revoke Oppenheimer’s clearance.The decision barred Oppenheimer from access to codes needed for his work, essentially ending his career. He died in 1967 at age 62.
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