Oral history interview with John Abbadessa, 1996 August 23.

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Oral history interview with John Abbadessa, 1996 August 23.

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Abbadessa discusses politics, budget and funding structure at the AEC as well as the specifics of funding the Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Ring (SPEAR). This interview was conducted by Elizabeth Paris as part of her dissertation project on the early history of electron colliding beams in the United States. She is working on her doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

1 audio cassette (1 hr.)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...

Abbadessa, John.

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Comptroller, Atomic Energy Commission, 1962-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with John Abbadessa, 1996 August 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81360347 ...