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Demolition begins of facility that helped make the first atomic bomb
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A building at Y-12 that helped create the first atomic bombs is being demolished. Building 9201-2, also known as Alpha-2, is a 2.5-acre structure was built in 1944 to ...
90 Seconds to Midnight: Surviving the Atomic Age | Opinion
As a warning about how close we are to atomic holocaust, the Doomsday Clock stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it ...
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Nazis and the Bomb
Heisenberg and his colleagues did not push as hard as they could have to make atomic bombs. The Norwegian resistance and Allied bombers eventually put a stop to Norwegian production of heavy water ...
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4 Alternatives to Dropping the Bomb on Japan, and Why the U.S. Didn't Pursue Them
And the American people would protest at making long-term sacrifices for anything short of complete victory. The decision to use atomic bombs made sense to U.S. military planners at the time ...
Japan atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push
Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said being recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize has given them ...
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For Putin, ballistic missiles make atomic bombs “useless”
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that possession of a sufficient number of hypersonic weapons made the use of atomic bombs “practically” unnecessary. “If we analyze the ...
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‘It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte’: Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday ...
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Japanese atomic bomb survivors to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Dec. 9 (UPI) --A group of Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bombings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 is set to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Tuesday. The delegation touched down ...