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But my story actually begins in 1979, when I was a young anti-nuclear activist. My friends were campaigning against nuclear power. They could tell you all the different ways a reactor could melt down, all the hazards and features of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Yet, there was another half of the nuclear industry. This half used similar materials and processes, but they used them to create the bomb. And no one knew much about that at all.

At the time, I was working on contract for a publication called 
''The Progressive''. We wanted to tear away the veil of secrecy surrounding nuclear weapons. We researched how and where the bomb was made — everything. This information was available in the public domain, but not accessible to the public.

I wrote the story. But before we could publish it, the government took us to court. They stopped the publication and wanted to censor the information.

We were in court for six months, but we won. The article was published unaltered.

(contracted; show full)nteer my writing for free on Wikipedia? Primarily for the audience. If what you write is accurate and well written, it will be read by large numbers of people every day. (If not, it will quickly disappear.) Wikipedia is one of the most amazing institutions I've ever encountered. It's a beautiful testament to the desire of people to know, and to share their knowledge.

-- '''Howard Morland'''

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