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Începutul programelor nucleare civile în România şi Polonia, 1955-1960
The Beginning of the Civilian Nuclear Programs in Romania and Poland, 1955-1960

Author(s): Petre Opris
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Civilian Nuclear Programs; Romania; Poland; reactor; the Soviet Union; Dubna;

Summary/Abstract: After going through several files containing new documents about the civilian nuclear programs in Romania and Poland, we can say that the main link between them was made through the Soviet authorities – who launched those programs in the two countries in 1955 because the level at which were the researches in the USSR it already allowed to manufacture atomic and thermonuclear bombs. The details of the Moscow authorities’ view of using scientists from Romania, Poland and other communist countries for scientific purposes in a much broader nuclear (military and civilian) development program remain to be sought

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2021
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 38-53
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian