Former ORNL director discusses Oppenheimer on new podcast episode

This week's "Gone Fission Nuclear Report" podcast features Thom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, discussing the "Oppenheimer" movie, which premieres in Oak Ridge and Knoxville theaters Thursday.

Mason is the former director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The link to the podcast is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehK4Y5iVRvU&t=1021s.

A synopsis of what will be discussed on the podcast follows:

"A controversial figure to this day, J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development and construction of the world's first atomic bomb. After World War II, his past Communist leanings came to a head when his government security clearance was revoked after several contentious hearings at the height of the 'Red Scare.' In this week’s episode of the 'Gone Fission Nuclear Report,' we look ahead to (the) premiere of 'Oppenheimer' in theaters. Our guest is Dr. Thom Mason,  Oppenheimer’s modern-day successor as director of Los Alamos National  Laboratory in New Mexico. Dr. Mason joined former lab directors in successfully advocating last year that the 1954 revocation of Dr. Oppenheimer’s security clearance be nullified."

This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Former ORNL director discusses Oppenheimer on new podcast episode