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The Soviet Union and the Atom: The ''Secret'' Phase
Jan 1, 1957
The Soviet Union and the Atom
Toward Nuclear Maturity
ResearchPublished 1958
The concluding chapter of a proposed book on Soviet atomic policy. Based on publicly available materials, this research memorandum describes the progress of the USSR atomic energy program: its organization and the nuclear research institutes serving as training centers, the new atomic communities built for research purposes, atomic and hydrogen bomb development, Soviet applications of nuclear explosions, the construction of reactors and reactor stations, the uses of radioisotope programs, the search for uranium and other rare materials, and the advanced state of nuclear accelerating machines. This investigation reveals that the Soviet Union is eager to venture into untried fields and is willing to give unprecedented financial support to achieve scientific success.
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- Year: 1958
- Pages: 113
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: RM-2163
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Kramish, Arnold, The Soviet Union and the Atom: Toward Nuclear Maturity, RAND Corporation, RM-2163, 1958. As of August 3, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2163.html
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Kramish, Arnold, The Soviet Union and the Atom: Toward Nuclear Maturity. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1958. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2163.html.
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