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For the first time ever, two demolition projects underway at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Building 3003 and the former Radioisotope Development Lab are both being demolished. 3003 was a support facility for the ...
Oak Ridge honoring 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Many people gathered in Oak Ridge at sunrise Wednesday morning to honor 80 years since the atomic ...
Oak Ridge remembers bombing of Hiroshima with ringing of friendship bell 80 years later
The Manhattan Project National Park held its annual bell-ringing ceremony at A.K. Bissell park to commemorate the 80th year ...
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80 years ago, the first atomic bomb was dropped; Oak Ridge to remember with dawn ceremony
Bissell Park is located at 1401 Oak Ridge Turnpike. A dawn ceremony is planned for Aug. 6, as Oak Ridge remembers the ...
Headline 80 years ago declared, 'Atomic super-bomb, made at Oak Ridge, strikes Japan'
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan to force the unconditional surrender that ended World War II.
World War II-era Oak Ridge house makes debut for public tours
The B-1 Flat Top house was built sometime in the 1940s and has been restored and preserved to its original state.
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From Oak Ridge to Hiroshima: One family’s memories of the Atomic Age
It started in secrecy and ended with a mushroom cloud. The daughter of Manhattan Project technician shares what it meant to be raised in the long shadow of the Manhattan Project.
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Nichols: 'The atomic bomb did not win the war; it ended it'
Nichols: “The most important military effect was that it required only two atomic bombs to end the war. The Planned invasion ...
US city linked to atomic bomb development remembers Hiroshima 80 years on
People in a southern US city that was home to facilities linked to the development of the atomic bomb prayed for peace on the ...
US nuclear weapons sites remember 80th anniv. of Hiroshima A-bomb
Events commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima were held in some U.S. cities on Wednesday, its 80th anniver ...
Manhattan Project National Park looking for help ringing bell to commemorate 80 years since bombing of Hiroshima
The Manhattan Project National Historical Park invites participants to ring the International Friendship Bell to commemorate Hiroshima's atomic bombing.
Oak Ridge Reservation is 1 of 4 sites for AI data centers, energy development
The Oak Ridge Reservation and 3 other sites are "well-situated for large-scale data centers, new power generation, and other ...