Impact of Recent Constraints in Intellectual Freedom on Science and Technology at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Wadsworth, J.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Intellectual freedom;    Constraints;    Science and technology;    Ethics;    Nuclear weapons;   

RP-ID  :  DE200515013140

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was created in 1952 to meet the nation's need for an expanded nuclear weapons research and development (R&D) capability. LLNL quickly grew to become a full-fledged nuclear weapons design laboratory with a broad range of technical capabilities similar to those of our sister laboratory - Los Alamos - with which we shared mission responsibilities. By its very nature, nuclear weapons R&D requires some of the most advanced science and technology (S&T). Accordingly, there is an obvious need for careful attention to ensure that appropriate security measures exist to deal with the sensitive aspects of nuclear weapons development. The trade-off between advancing science and technology at the Laboratory and the need for security is a complex issue that has always been with us.