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Lorna was first introduced to Scilla Elworthy, one of the leaders of the Oxford Research Group, one of the UK’s leading of advocates for alternatives to global conflict, in the 1980s by her friend, physicist Rudolph Peierls. She was active in the movement for the nuclear freeze. She has more recently participated in a series of video presentations on issues of nuclear weapons and energy for Talkworks, an organization focused on dangers associated with nuclear weapons.
She has also been involved with television productions, including a BBC show on Windcale in 2007.
In 2012, Lorna, at age 96, published her memoirs, entitled My Short Century, in which she describes her remarkable life from living on a rural farm, to friendships with noted figures in the world of nuclear research and development such as William Penney, Christopher Hinton and Rudi Peierls.
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