Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has a long history with nuclear power. It’s home to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the leading institution for nuclear research in the U.S., but more famously, the city was ...

Hidden in the mountains of New Mexico, the Manhattan Project was one of the most secretive operations in history. Even ...

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

The Manhattan Project culminated in the dropping of atomic weapons on Japan by the U.S. in early August 1945, a move that ended World War II. A national park site in three time zones tells the complex ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project‘s Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is commemorating Oak Ridge’s role in bringing World War II to an end.

The Manhattan Project occurred between 1942 and 1946. It employed over 129,000 people at its peak and cost a total of $2 billion. The project produced the first working nuclear bombs and ushered in ...

This article is fourth in a series by White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office that will delve into the history of the Trinity Site Test, which marked its 80th anniversary on July 16, and the ...

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is holding its Spyglass Festival January 15-17, 2026. The festival features spy games, STEM adventures, movie nights and more. The festival weekend ...

Discover what makes a real spy at the Nuclear Museum's three-day event featuring CIA insights, spy games and a special ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Frank Winter (Hickey), one of the more seasoned scientists, competes against Reed Akley (Harbour) ...