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Why some Manhattan Project scientists feared the Trinity test

At 5:30 a.m. mountain war time on July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear weapon detonated over a flat, arid stretch of New Mexico desert. The Trinity test, as it was code-named, confirmed that an ...
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The nuclear test that scientists feared might ignite Earth’s atmosphere

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific effort that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The Trinity test in 1945 produced an explosion equal to nearly 25,000 tons of TNT, ...
Albuquerque Journal

Fascinating and multifaceted: 'Nuclear Family' tells the story of nuclear weapons and Los Alamos as told through one family

Ty Bannerman will read from and sign copies of “Nuclear Family: a memoir of the atomic west” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, as part of the Bad Mouth Reading Series at the q-Staff Theatre, 400 Broadway ...
The Press Democrat

US sheds light on its allegation of Chinese nuclear test and urges nations to push for disarmament

GENEVA (AP) — A U.S. official focusing on arms control on Monday provided what he called new, declassified details of a ...

New Mexico state agencies offer downwinders help applying for federal benefits

New Mexico chaptered Senate Memorial 27 on Feb. 25, directing certain state agencies to help New Mexicans exposed to ...

India’s 1998 nuclear tests: The military planning behind Pokhran II

Operation Shakti was remembered for the explosions, but it succeeded first as a logistics-and-deception operation run under tight civil-military control in the Rajasthan desert ...
The Washington Post

U.S. offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test

A top Trump administration official on Tuesday disclosed new details to support its claim that China conducted an underground nuclear explosion during Donald Trump’s first presidency, a contested ...
Nuclear Engineering International

Hanford waste permit upgrade

The US DoE is advancing a permit improvement that could increase waste processing efficiency at the Hanford Site cleanup facility.
The Diplomat

Revelations of Chinese Nuclear Tests Mark Start of a New Era

As major powers renew their focus on nuclear testing, the world may be entering a new nuclear era. Accusations that Beijing has conducted secret nuclear tests should trigger greater focus on China’s ...
Los Angeles Times

U.S. sheds light on its allegation of Chinese nuclear test and urges nations to push for disarmament

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After the U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty expired, U.S. officials revealed declassified details of an alleged 2020 ...