James Acord — Alchemist for the Nuclear Age

That's the title of an article about him in The New Yorker. All I can say is ... What a Life !

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2011/01/postscript-james-acord.html

The only private individual in the world who had license to handle nuclear materials.

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