Franck Report

The Franck Report of June 1945 , named after James Franck , who spoke against the application of atomic bomb during the war against Japan , since by the United States "losing public support in the world" to and "the arms race conjure up" would. Instead, it was recommended that the “new weapon” be demonstrated to representatives of all United Nations countries in uninhabited areas.

The Franck Report was written by a group of scientists (Committee on Political and Social Problems) from the University of Chicago who were involved in the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb.

On June 12, 1945, almost two months before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima , the report was handed over to the US Secretary of Defense Georg Harrison in Washington.

In addition to Chairman James Franck, the report was signed by the following people:

• Donald J. Hughes
• James Joseph Nickson
• Eugene Rabinowitch
• Glenn Theodore Seaborg
• JC Stearns
• Leó Szilárd

Web links

• Original text of the Franck Report (English)