Secrecy was crucial to many of the plant's different missions. But now some of the people who worked there are pressing for ...

The Los Alamos lab in Michigan will simulate nuclear weapon experiments. Here's what you need to know about them.

Exploring the Cold War and its effects now, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition “Atomic Dragons” at the Pitzer Art Galleries. From her previous readings in her curation class, she was ...

Charles Oppenheimer, grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, visited Oak Ridge for a documentary on his grandfather's legacy.

The Archive’s mission of increasing access to and promoting research of the history of science aligns with the family’s ...

As Bohr explains, he knew Oppenheimer didn't need his help. Also, he didn't want to take part in creating the weapon that would "give them the power to destroy themselves.". Were there black people ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. His latest book, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making & Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb ...

Y-12 National Security Complex' Alpha-2 has been demolished. Alpha-2 was built during World War II and used to enrich uranium. A 2.5-acre hole in the ground marks the end of the biggest demolition ...

Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Department of Energy has completed the demolition of a former Manhattan Project-era uranium enrichment building, Alpha-2, to clean up and create space for ...