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John M. Googin
John M. Googin
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There, uranium isotopes were separated by the electromagnetic separation process to produce uranium 235 fuel for the first atomic bomb. John's first assignment was the daunting task of recovering and recycling the large fraction of precious uranium 235 that was deposited everywhere except in the product stream.
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Another assignment of major importance during the 1950s was a crash effort to produce large quantities of lithium 6 as fuel for the hydrogen bomb program. Starting in the late 1960s, and continuing through the early 199Os, the advent of nuclear-tipped missiles and the growing sophistication of nuclear weapons technology created a need for increasingly complex weapon components encompassing a wide range of ceramic and metallic materials produced to demanding chemical and physical specifications.
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He was also a man of many contrasts: a chemist who was one of the finest engineers in the nuclear weapons program; a man who was always ready to question or challenge any renowned scientist or powerful administrator with whom he disagreed, but who always had time to listen to the ideas or problems of anyone who brought them to him; a patriot, who was proud of spending his life making sure that our nation hac! a credible, reliable nuclear deterrent en cl who, at the same time, was very active in the American Civil Liberties Union and in the Unitarian-Universalist Church; a man always willing to voice his opinion on almost any subject but never indiscreet when dealing with the many national secrets to which he was privy; a man cursed with bad feet who was always making rounds, taking the temperature of his beloved processes; and, last but not least, a man who could argue loudly for hours but who was unfailingly courteous and cheerful toward his protagonists.
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Atomic Energy Commission (1967~; was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from Bates College (1968~; was named a fellow of the American Society for Metals (ASM) (1974~; received the McGraw Hill Chemical Engineering Magazine Awarc!
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