May 27 President Obama pays tribute in Hiroshima: ‘We listen to a silent cry’ By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of… Continue reading
May 25 Watch 7:03 Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Kerry makes gut-wrenching visit to Hiroshima site of atomic bomb By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan -- An emotional John Kerry said Hiroshima's horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of state to tread upon the ground of the world's… Continue reading
Nov 10 Manhattan Project sites get National Park status By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 8:50 New Mexicans claim cancer is living legacy of world’s first atomic bomb test By PBS News Hour This July marks the 70th anniversary of the first ever test of an atomic bomb in New Mexico. But a group called the Downwinders -- local residents whose homes were downwind of the blast site -- aren't celebrating the milestone. Continue watching
Jul 28 Tour the site of the world’s first atomic bomb explosion By Kathleen McCleery At 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain Time on July 16, 1945, a 19-kiloton explosion was set off that would portend the end of World War II. Today, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test is a National Historic Landmark. The… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch ‘The Girls of Atomic City’ Book Conversation Ray Suarez with author Denise Kiernan… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Meteor Explosion of Atomic Bomb Strength Injures 1,000 in Russia Meteor Explosion of Atomic Bomb Strength Injures 1,000 in Russia… Continue watching
Nov 07 Iran Reaches ‘Irreversible’ Nuclear Program Milestone By Admin, PBS News Hour Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that the country's uranium enrichment program has reached a target of 3,000 working centrifuges. Continue reading
May 02 Types of Nuclear Bombs By PBS News Hour In an atomic bomb, the energy or force of the weapon is derived only from nuclear fission - the splitting of the nucleus of heavy elements such as plutonium or highly enriched uranium into lighter nuclei. Continue reading