Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...
The plutonium refined at the site as part of World War II’s Manhattan Project fueled the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and much of the stockpile of nuclear weapons created during the ...
After the Trinity test, she joined several of the top Manhattan Project scientists in signing a petition that urged the military to demonstrate the bomb’s destructive capability rather than drop ...
Nichols as deputy district engineer and subsequently as district engineer of the Manhattan Engineer District (MED). In this capacity he had supervision of the research and development connected with, ...
An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood has left 29 people injured, with authorities saying a second nearby site is ...
was never seen by the president before the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After the bombings, Americans were divided in their response to the Manhattan Project. Some applauded the ...
helped keep the Greenbrier resort's bunker—designed to hold the entirety of Congress—hidden from 1958 to 1992 Emily Matchar The acclaimed biopic of the Manhattan Project's leader has been met ...
“Needless to say, I was concerned.” Hundreds of synagogues across the United States have received similar bomb threats over the past year. But for Town and Village, it was a jarring ...
“Needless to say, I was concerned.” Hundreds of synagogues across the country have received similar bomb threats over the past year. But for Town and Village, it was a jarring interruption to ...