Eighty years ago, 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. The fearsome weapons were created by ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – More than 80 years after Harshaw Chemical began producing uranium compounds along the Cuyahoga River for use in making atom bombs, final cleanup of the contaminated plant site is ...
On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear bomb exploded in the middle of the vast, isolated New Mexico desert, just outside the city of Socorro, which today is a popular birding destination with artsy charm ...