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 ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably ...
THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in western Africa when groundwater seeped into a rich vein of uranium ore. It controlled itself elegantly, its water moderator ...
"Written at the request of Maj. Gen. L. R. Groves, U.S.A." "This book is a republication, with the modifications detailed in the author's preface, of the official report issued by the Manhattan ...
Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols was a key figure in developing U.S. atomic policy during the early Cold War. Tensions between Nichols and AEC Chairman David Lilienthal over atomic weapons production were ...
Editor’s note: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists presents here, from its September 1946 issue, an eyewitness account of the first atomic bomb test in the Marshall Islands. In it, the author not ...
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 ...