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MOMENT OF SICENCE: Nuclear testing’s lasting impact on steel production

The 4 to 7 percent increase in background radiation poses problems for sensitive scientific instruments. Geiger counters, ...
WTTW

A New PBS Documentary Explores How the U.S. Government Tried to Cover Up the Effects of the Atomic Bomb

Bombshell shows how the government tried to minimize the effects of radiation and prevent independent reporting through ...
Albuquerque Journal

OPINION: 80 years later, we’re still fighting for justice

On July 16, 1945 — 80 years ago — the federal government detonated the first atomic bomb in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. That test, known as the Trinity Test, changed the world — and it changed ...
El Paso Times

White Sands Missile Range: Capturing Trinity Site Test on camera

Three observation bunkers were established 10,000 yards from ground zero for the Trinity Site Test. Key leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, observed from ...
The Oak Ridger

The first atomic bomb is dropped on Aug. 6, 1945; the opinions of Nichols, scientists

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...
LAist

Photographing the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

Sixty years ago, Jack Aeby snapped one of history's most important photographs -- a rare color picture of the first atomic bomb test. Aeby was a 21-year-old amateur photographer working as a ...
TASS

FACTBOX: What is known about nuclear tests and documents banning them

TASS FACTBOX. On October 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing because "other countries are doing the same," ...