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The US M65 atomic cannon, called “Atomic Annie”, was able to fire a nuclear device, as it did for Operation Upshot-Knothole Grable. The name “Atomic Annie” may be from the nickname “Anzio Annie” given to the Nazi German K5 [Krupp] gun, used during WWII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_atomic_cannon

Former head of French State owned nuclear behemoth Areva, Anne Lauvergeon used to be called “Atomic Annie”. She is member of the elite “Corps des mines“, “the foremost of the technical Grand Corps of the French State (grands corps de l’Etat). It is formed of the State Engineers of the Mines. The Corps is attached to the French ministry in charge of economy, industry and employment… People entering the Corps are educated at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, also known as Mines ParisTech, with a special curriculum distinct from that of ordinary students. Most of them are from École…