Investigation launched to review Los Alamos scientist’s firing
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028261
Science : Last month a political scientist was fired from Los Alamos National Laboratory after he published a paper critiquing the US nuclear weapons policy. Although told he was being laid off for budgetary reasons, James Doyle claimed his dismissal was retaliatory and petitioned the Department of Energy. Now the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Frank Klotz, has requested that DOE inspector general Gregory Friedman review Doyle’s case to determine whether his termination “resulted, in whole or in part, from the publication in question or the views expressed in it.” The move has been lauded as a positive step toward ascertaining whether the independence and intellectual integrity of government employees are being adequately protected.
