A new program at the Manhattan Project Visitors Center, titled "Atomic Explorations," is set to offer an in-depth look at the people, science, and history behind the ...

Robert Oppenheimer, often called the 'father of the atomic bomb,' was almost removed from ... which focused on uranium enrichment; Hanford, Washington, where plutonium production facilities ...

Ray Smith has been asked to provide info on why the Manhattan Project was able to be so successful in a short time compared ...

Production of the WWII atomic bomb was “need to know”, limited to physicists and engineers for security.  The two fission bombs immediately killed about a quarter million Japanese.

Historian Robert Friedrichs became obsessed with uncovering the true identity of Miss Atomic Bomb, the showgirl in a 1957 ...

Federal employees at the Hanford nuclear site are not the only ones being laid off recently. A Department of Energy contractor, Navarro-ATL, laid off 15 of about 400 employees last week. The ...

The Trump administration showed support for environmental cleanup at Hanford in its initial proposal for fiscal 2026 funding, calling for a much higher annual budget than it did during Trump’s ...

Money was made available to prevent subcontractor employee layoffs at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington the day ...

In 2024, under the Biden presidency, Hanford for the first time received a budget that exceeded $3 billion at $3.05 billion. Project 2025 on Hanford site Project 2025, which has served as a ...