:Okay, I've been looking at this National Nuclear Data thing, and frankly, I just don't want to use it.
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Lee was a scientist at Los Alamos who was investigated in connection with allegations that China had stolen nuclear data.
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His pioneering team developed experiments, models, and nuclear data essential for shielding and introduced the concept of neutron removal cross-section.
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Although he pleaded guilty to one count related to downloading and copying nuclear data from Los Alamos, other charges were dropped.
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At the heart of the issue is the significance of the trove of nuclear data that Lee is accused of downloading.
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Investigators then discovered that he had transferred vast amounts of secret nuclear data from Los Alamos'classified computer system to an open network.
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Since 2003, he has been working as scientist at the National Nuclear Data Center of Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York.
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After months of investigation and much public speculation, Lee was arrested and charged in December 1999 with 59 counts of mishandling nuclear data.
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The FBI has reopened the investigation to take a broader look at ways in which the nuclear data could have reached the Chinese.
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Lee, a 60-year-old Taiwan-born researcher, is being held without bail for allegedly copying classified nuclear data to computer tapes, seven of which are missing.
