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On This Day, July 16: U.S. Tests First Atom Bomb
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, JUL 16 – The Trinity Test exposed about 30,000 people to radioactive fallout causing rare cancers and health issues, with compensation efforts extended through 2028 under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
- On July 16, 1945, the Trinity test at White Sands Missile Range detonated the world's first atomic bomb, marking a pivotal moment and the culmination of the Manhattan Project.
- During World War II, the Manhattan Project under Oppenheimer aimed to build an atomic bomb, which was later used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Downwind of Trinity, nearby residents experienced severe health effects from the fallout, impacting an estimated 30,000 people and debris spreading to dozens of states and two countries.
- The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been recently extended through 2028, and ’Downwinders’ have been lobbying for compensation under its provisions.
- Next year, the New START Treaty will lapse unless renewed, while nuclear weapons today are far more powerful than the bomb detonated 80 years ago.
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New memorial commemorates Trinity Test Downwinders
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity site in New Mexico, and the occasion was marked with a new historical marker. Members of the Tularosa Downwinders were at the monument unveiling, representing the generations of people who suffered from the fallout from the blast. New Mexico downwinders now eligible for compensation from RECA "A moment of immense scientific achievement, shadow…
80 years since the Trinity test: Oak Ridge's role in the Manhattan Project
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project's Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is commemorating Oak Ridge's role in bringing World War II to an end. The Trinity test was conducted on July 16, 1945, more than 200 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. It marked the first detonation of a nuclear device. The Department of Energy says J. Robert Oppenheimer called the site Trinity in reference to a poe…
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UpstractWhat happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles
The mushroom cloud of the Trinity nuclear test rises over the New Mexico desert.National Security Research CenterScientists set off the Trinity test atomic bomb on July 16, 1945.Though they chose a somewhat secluded area of the desert, people lived less than 20 miles away.It was impossible to hide the light, noise, shockwave, and fallout from the bomb. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New…
Experts Issue Stark New Warning About Nuclear Weapons, 80 Years After Trinity Test
On July 16, 1945, the United States carried out the Trinity test, the world’s first nuclear detonation. Today, 80 years later, the University of Chicago — the site of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction — is host to the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an event that brings Nobel laureates and nuclear experts together to confront the growing global risk of nuclear war. The event features a performance by the
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