News Archive

This issue looks at Vannevar Bush’s legacy of Federal funding for basic scientific research as the Trump administration cuts back on funding. The Department of Energy’s Chris Wright is calling for a “Manhattan Project 2” to ensure American predominance in artificial intelligence and to jump-start a long-awaited renaissance for nuclear energy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is at […]

December 20, 2024 Newsletter As 2024 comes to an end, nuclear power is poised for a resurgence. This issue traces the beginnings of civilian nuclear power in the USA in the decades following World War II. For twenty years, the USA led the world in developing the blueprint for nuclear power reactors. As former Chairman […]

August 5, 2024 Newsletter This month, the Atomic Heritage Foundation recognizes the 79th anniversary of the first atomic bombs and the National Park Service’s “Days of Peace and Remembrance” at the three Manhattan Project National Historical Park sites. Other activities in August include a variety of programs at Oak Ridge, an Oppenheimer Festival 2024 at Los Alamos, and tours […]

February 3, 2023 Newsletter This issue highlights the exoneration of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. In December, the Secretary vacated the Atomic Energy Commission’s 1954 decision to revoke Oppenheimer’s security clearance. In recognition of Black History Month in February, the issue notes the challenges and contributions of Black people who worked […]

March 12, 2022 Newsletter This newsletter focuses on the Ukrainian situation today and its links to the past. The first article highlights how the speeches of Winston Churchill in June 1940 inspire Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he defends his country from Russia’s ruthless invasion. Second, Manhattan Project veteran Benjamin Bederson recounts his shock at […]

In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, AHF is pleased to make its documentary film A Sense of Place available online. In 2006, the Los Alamos National Laboratory had just completed the restoration of the “V Site” (photo). Located in a secure area of the laboratory, the “V Site” […]

Join us in celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park! The official signing ceremony with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz  that established the new Park was held on November 10, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo courtesy of Oak Ridge Today). The Park has three […]

The Atomic Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of two new “Ranger in Your Pocket” online interpretive programs on African Americans and the Manhattan Project and the environmental legacy of the nuclear site at Hanford, Washington. In viewing these programs, students, online audiences around the world, and visitors to the Manhattan Project National Historical […]

With an agreement signed on June 28, 2019, the Atomic Heritage Foundation and the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (pictured) are forging a new partnership to preserve the history of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Age. This significant agreement will ensure that the Atomic Heritage Foundation’s extensive collection of oral histories, interpretive […]

“Nuclear medicine, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons. All of that goes back to Oak Ridge,” explains Denise Kiernan, bestselling author of The Girls of Atomic City. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has been a center for nuclear research since General Leslie Groves selected it as the Manhattan Project’s uranium enrichment site in 1942. Today, Oak Ridge is the […]