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80 years after atomic bombing. Nagasaki and Tri-Cities forever linked
The Tri-Cities history is linked to the atomic bomb, after B Reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation, shown circa 1944-45, ...
As Hanford Reach turns 25, Murray says preservation more critical than ever
Fighting to protect this area, to keep it recognizable, ... that was what I wanted to do to give back to this community.” ...
WA national monument, created in 2000, is still protected by this Tri-Cities family
At Hanford Reach, the Steele family has bridged partisan divides for decades to ensure that this free-flowing stretch of the ...
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‘The Devil Reached Toward the Sky’ documents motivation and development of the atomic bomb
The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ...
WA national monument, made in 2000, is still protected by this family
At Hanford Reach, the Steele family has bridged partisan divides for decades to ensure that this free-flowing stretch of the ...
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff discusses his new book about the atomic bomb
Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.
Two Books on the Bomb and the Men Who Built It
The time certainly looks ripe for not one but two books on the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, on Aug. 6, 1945, with Garrett Graff’s “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” and Iain MacGregor’s ...
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Shocking moment nuclear chemist 'ate uranium' to prove it was harmless
A nuclear chemist once 'ate uranium' while on camera to prove the substance was harmless. The nuclear industry is certainly a much-talked-about one ever since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 which ...
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The 80th Anniversary of the Bombings of Japan
Manhattan Project National Historical Park, with sites in three time zones, tells the complex story of the making of the ...
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80 Years Since the Bombings of Japan
Manhattan Project National Historical Park, with sites in three time zones, tells the complex story of the making of the ...
Delays at multi-billion first-of-kind Eastern WA radioactive waste plant
The testing process, called “hot commissioning,” will introduce radioactive waste to the plant for the first time and verify ...
Bonnevile's Salem Substation receives national recognition. Why is that?
The Salem Substation was one of the first built by the Bonneville Power Administration after the New Deal program was created ...