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+category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Scientist
-  - Government Official
-  - USA
+  - Nuclear
+  - Israel
+summary: "Frank Press was the presidential science adviser during the Carter administration."
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+
 Frank Press was the presidential science adviser during the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] administration. He was a seismologist who had worked for years on classified nuclear detection issues and knew the [[VELA Satellite]] program well. After a VELA satellite recorded probable evidence of a nuclear explosion on September 22, 1979, Press suggested convening an unbiased outside study to determine if it was a test. He was concerned about the political implications if it leaked that the administration had concluded there had been a nuclear explosion.[^1]
 
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