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Not “anyone”, but “a group of nuclear physicists that could validate their designs against knowledgeable people at LANL”. But yes, nuclear weapons design pecul
by atemerev 4y ago
Not “anyone”, but “a group of nuclear physicists that could validate their designs against knowledgeable people at LANL”.
But yes, nuclear weapons design peculiarities and simulations are a sort of my hobby, and a very interesting one.
- tedivm 4y ago> The Laboratory hired three physicists—Dave Dobson, David Pipkorn, and Rob Selden— who recently received their Ph.Ds in physics but had little to no experience with nuclear physics. They went out of their way not to hire people with knowledge of nuclear physics.
- TylerE 4y agoExperience, not knowledge. They’re still physics post docs.