Timeline of the Atomic Age: From Hiroshima to the new French tests.
Nuclear factsheet: Statistics on atomic weapons.
Nuclear power: A protest against the only reactor still under construction in the U.S.
In their words: Quotes from
scientists and others
involved in the dawning of the nuclear age.
Reactions: Visitor comments and
extracts from the
display wall at the Los Alamos museum.
The bomb drops: President Truman
announcing the
dropping of the Hiroshima bomb (audio file).
Pro and con: Differing positions on
whether the bomb
should have been dropped.
A chronology: The end of
the war in
Japan.
Remembering Hiroshima: A story
published in The
Seattle Times on Aug. 6, 1995, with interviews with survivors.
Atomic city: Bill Dietrich's
interview with the
historian of Hanford, Washington.
Experimenting on humans: Bill
Dietrich's story
about radiation experiments from The Seattle Times, Jan. 12, 1994.
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