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Hydrogen bombs vs. atomic bombs: Breaking down the differences in how they work, how much they cost,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Trinity test (left) was made from an atomic bomb whereas Ivy Mike (right) came from a hydrogen...
Tri-Cities, Walla Walla events mark atomic bombs using Hanford plutonium 78 years ago
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, will be observed Wednesday, Aug. 9,...
What ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t tell you about atomic bombs
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer. On July 21, 2023, Christropher Nolan’s Oppenheimer...
Hanford site national park B Reactor tours extended before closure. Seats could go fast
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAnother month of tours of historic B Reactor on the Hanford nuclear site will be offered before...
How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe first hydrogen bomb test, as part of Operation Ivy, detonated over the Marshall Islands in...
77 years ago atomic bomb fueled by Hanford dropped on Japan. Remembering it in Richland
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, will be commemorated in Richland with two events, both at 8...
How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."Universal Pictures Atomic bombs work via a...
Oppenheimer designed the 1st atomic bomb. A secret site in Eastern WA fueled it
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWithout a secret site in Eastern Washington, there would be no “Oppenheimer” movie nor a start to...
How bricks, a screwdriver, and a 'demon core' of radioactive material killed 2 Manhattan Project...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA recreation of the experiment shows how Louis Slotin used a screwdriver to hold open metallic...
Plutonium pit ‘panic’ threatens America’s nuclear ambitions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis is the second story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization...