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"Precisely the sort of war the Commission was created to prevent," Kurchatov observed.
DBTL 58: The Carrot and the Stick Johnny Pez 2010
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"That is the road that the stick points to," Kurchatov agreed.
DBTL 58: The Carrot and the Stick Johnny Pez 2010
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The man who had once been Kurchatov had little difficulty in recognizing his fellow phycisist.
DBTL 58: The Carrot and the Stick Johnny Pez 2010
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When the rumbling subsided, Beria, Kurchatov, and his team stepped outside and looked at a steep-sided mushroom cloud, sucking up smoke, soil, and debris as it rose.2 Timber and dust spun high overhead.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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For them the legacy of Kurchatov is one of power and pride.
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Buoyed by the success at Kurchatov, the Russians agreed to a joint U. S.Russian security review at six other high-risk facilities.
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Oppenheimer and Kurchatov drop their Geiger counters and wonder at the gigaton yield.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
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The documents from the Russian State Archive, including the questions and answers, reveal that Kurchatov, head of the Soviet atomic program, considered the material valuable.
'Were the Atom Scientists Spies?': An Exchange Schechter, Jerrold L. 1994
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Abramanov had met Serman, an American nuclear theorist, at one of the few internationaf conferences he had been allowed to attend when he had been at Kurchatov.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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Joliot-Curie (1900-1958) of France; Igor Kurchatov (1903-1960) of the Soviet Union.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Nobel Lecture 1985
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