Leonard M. Rieser
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Leonard M. Rieser was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project
and later for nuclear disarmament
.
Former chair of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"' Board of Directors (1984-1998). The Bulletin
's, Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship for Science Technology and Global Security, bears his name.
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
and later for nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament refers to both the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons and to the end state of a nuclear-free world, in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated....
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Former chair of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"' Board of Directors (1984-1998). The Bulletin
Bulletin
Bulletin can refer to:Periodicals * The Bulletin, a now defunct Australian magazine* The Bulletin , an alternative weekly published in Montgomery County, Texas, United States...
's, Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship for Science Technology and Global Security, bears his name.