Tag Archives: Manhattan Project

Trinity Test Site Opening to Face Protest from Residents via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/04/06 by norma field

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Seven decades after an atomic bomb helped end World War II, descendants of families near a New Mexico test want tourists to know residents suffered for years afterward and some of their children may have been affected. … Continue reading →

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Why We Should Preserve the History of the Manhattan Project via Huffpost

Posted on 2014/12/17 by norma field

The Manhattan Project, the secret research mission to develop an atomic weapon ahead of Germany and bring an end to World War II, was one of the 20th century’s most ambitious feats of science and engineering. And, it also proved … Continue reading →

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[video] WestLake Landfill Continues To Burn Yet Nothing Is Done via KTRS

Posted on 2014/01/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Published on Jan 29, 2014 Policy Analyst Harvey Ferdman joins McGraw and Kelly to discuss the WestLake Landfill Watch the video at WestLake Landfill Continues To Burn Yet Nothing Is Done The transcript is available at WestLake Landfill Continues To … Continue reading →

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Los Alamos National Laboratory seeking national-park designation via The Denver Post

Posted on 2013/12/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Tucked away in one of northern New Mexico’s pristine mountain canyons is an old log cabin that was the birthplace not of a famous person but, rather, a top-secret mission that forever changed the world. Pond … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Waste Expert Calls West Lake Landfill “Highly Toxic” via CBS

Posted on 2013/11/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRIDGETON, MO–(KMOX)–The West Lake Landfill nuclear should be dug up and hauled away — so says a nuclear waste expert in town tonight to meet with Bridgeton residents. Robert Alvarez, who served in the Department of Energy in the Clinton … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Narratives: When Cold War Starts, The Hot Milk Gets Poured (part 2) via Dissident Voice

Posted on 2013/10/26 by norma field

By Paul K. Haeder Survivors downwind from radioactive releases push through complacency, amnesia, and secrets Hanford is the most tragic chapter in American Cold War history. – Stewart Udall secretary of the interior under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon … Continue reading →

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Hanford’s 70th Anniversary Celebration via Trisha Thompson Pritikin

Posted on 2013/09/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Join Us as We Celebrate Hanford’s 70th Anniversary! http://www.ourhanfordhistory.org/70.php Wahoo! A month-long 70th anniversary gala celebration in my hometown. Richland! Celebrating… the Manhattan Project. Sounds like fun. Unless you’re a Downwinder. The series of events was created by a partnership … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning ceremony near Y-12 recalls Hiroshima bombing via Oak Ridge Today

Posted on 2013/08/05 by norma field

A Tuesday morning ceremony near the Y-12 National Security Complex will recall the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, organizers said. The annual event at the front of Y-12 includes a Names and Remembrance … Continue reading →

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Smoldering Landfill Could Threaten Nuclear Waste via ABC News

Posted on 2013/05/29 by norma field

Dawn Chapman can put up with the noxious smell caused by smoldering trash in a landfill near her suburban St. Louis home. But if the burning creeps close to buried nuclear waste, she’s ready to get out. It’s a problem … Continue reading →

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Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive? Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago? via WBEZ

Posted on 2013/04/17 by kojimaaiko

[…] Chicago Pile 1 was never meant to be under the University of Chicago’s former football field. Project managers originally wanted the full experiment to run in the Red Gate Woods, southwest of the city. But builders at Red Gate … Continue reading →

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