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Oppenheimer Security Hearing Declassified Documents
16 declassified records on Oppenheimer Security Hearing, dated 1942 to 1995, released by the U.S. Department of Energy. The documents below have plain-English summaries. Every record links to its original scan.
Documents with summaries
Apr 7, 1944 · 1pTelegram to J. R. Oppenheimer, Subject: Dust ProgramAn April 7, 1944 telegram from A. H. Compton asking J. R. Oppenheimer who should run the plutonium inhalation studies, Chicago or Berkeley.Jul 10, 1944 · 2pMemo to J. B. Oppenheimer on Medical Staff in the Technical AreaA July 1944 memo from L. H. Hempelmann asking Oppenheimer for another doctor to handle rising radiation and chemical exposure in the Technical Area.Aug 29, 1944 · 2pMemo to J. R. Oppenheimer: Medical Research Progress (Partial)A 1944 memo to J. R. Oppenheimer setting out a plutonium medical research program, including tracer experiments on humans to measure daily excretion.Sep 4, 1945 · 1pLetter From A. V. Peterson to J. R. Oppenheimer, Dated September 4, 1945A Manhattan District officer tells Oppenheimer where copies of two letters about critical mass were sent.Apr 19, 1954 · 222pUnited States Atomic Energy Commission Volume VI: In the Matter of J. Robert OppenheimerVolume VI of the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission security hearing transcript, covering the day the board replayed and corrected a 1943 recording.Sep 1, 1995 · 58pHuman Radiation Studies: Oral History of Julie Langham GrillyA 1995 oral history in which Julie Langham Grilly recalls her late husband Wright Langham's radiation research at Los Alamos after the war.
More records
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- Sep 26, 1944Letter from J.R. Oppenheimer to All Group and Divison Leaders Messrs, Michell, Shane and Lipkin, dated September 26, 1944 Other
- Apr 14, 1954United States Atomic Energy Commission Volume III; In the Matter Of: J. Robert Oppenheimer Book
- Nov 9, 1942Letter from Robert Oppenheimer to Brigadier General L.R. Groves, dated November 9, 1942. Other
- Apr 5, 1943Letter From Robert Oppenheimer to Dr. James B. Conant dated April 5, 1943. Other
- May 31, 1943Letter to R Oppenheimer, Subject: Radioactive Material Correspondence
- Jun 2, 1944Letter from J.R. Oppenheimer to Colonel K.D. Nichols, dated 06/02/1944 Other
- Mar 26, 1945Memo to R J Oppenheimer, Subject: Meeting of Chemistry Division and Medical Group Correspondence
- Mar 26, 1945Memo to R J Oppenheimer, Subject: Meeting of Chemistry Division and Medical Group ( March 23, 1945 ) ( Companion Document Is 728096 ) Correspondence
- UndatedCover Sheet with Memo to J R Oppenheimer Attached, Subject: Medical Research Program, 8/29/44 ( Duplicate Document Enclosed ) Miscellaneous
- UndatedCover Sheet with Memo to R J Oppenheimer Attached, Subject: Meeting of Chemistry Division and Medical Group, 3/26/45 ( Duplicate Document Enclosed ) Miscellaneous
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