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The following year, the State Department renamed the gathering after a now-retired U.S. nuclear physicist who helped advise the Iran deal negotiations.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

He said he was "very busy" trying to balance caring with studying his A-levels, as he hopes to become a nuclear physicist, as well as supporting other young carers.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“I did have affairs, one with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities,” he told staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Lapp was a nuclear physicist who had multiple degrees including a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Luis Alvarez was an eminent nuclear physicist; he had won the Nobel Prize for physics the previous decade.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson