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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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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.
New innovation park in Cocke County set to attract manufacturers, looking at nuclear opportunities
"That could be as game-changing for us as the original Manhattan Project was for the city of Oak Ridge," Cocke County Mayor ...
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 ...
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Protestors gather at Y-12 to remember victims, destruction of Hiroshima 80 years later
Wednesday marked 80 years since the United States attacked Hiroshima Japan with an atomic bomb. One group or protestors ...
The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.