Manhattan Project

Julia Barton's father

Returning to the secret government lab where my grandfather worked

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was once a secret city. Every American nuclear bomb contains uranium from the lab there.

Returning to the secret government lab where my grandfather worked

New documentary highlights place where killers are heroes

New documentary highlights place where killers are heroes

Trespassing, Vandalism, and Peace Activism in Oak Ridge

Trespassing, Vandalism, and Peace Activism in Oak Ridge

The Women Who Built the Bomb

The Women Who Built the Bomb

Sequester Causes Problems for Toxic Waste Cleanup

Sequester Causes Problems for Toxic Waste Cleanup

Congress considering measure to preserve atomic labs as National Parks

America's nuclear heritage has few sites open to the public. But since the Cold War ended, several sites have fallen out of active use. After narrowly avoiding being torns down, there's a movement to open them to the public as National Parks.

Congress considering measure to preserve atomic labs as National Parks

Earth Ear

The desert winds blow through the old rusted hangar in Utah where the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, was once housed.

Earth Ear

Residents Voice Concern Over Safety in Los Alamos

Residents Voice Concern Over Safety in Los Alamos

Top of the Hour: Weather Threatens U.S. Nuclear Facilities, Morning Headlines

Top of the Hour: Weather Threatens U.S. Nuclear Facilities, Morning Headlines
The World

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

A new film illuminates the celebrated and controversial life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. David Grubin joins us to discuss the lessons 21st century America can learn from the trials and tribulations of this legend.

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Fuel From Thin Air

Scientists are working on a technology that will trap carbon dioxide from the air, treat it electro-chemically and convert it into gasoline.

Fuel From Thin Air

Almanac/Atomic Power

Almanac/Atomic Power
The World

Los Alamos Fires Fallout

Los Alamos Fires Fallout
The World

NUCLEAR POETRY

NUCLEAR POETRY

Nuclear Poetry

Nuclear Poetry