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newshound wrote:
That claim was made publically at the introduction of nuclear. And not
qualified with 'some day if we're lucky'.

It was Lewis Strauss, not a politician, and Wikipedia makes it clear
that he did know the difference.

I'm not really interested who first said it. It was repeated by more than
one politician as 'gospel'.

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