The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb fueled with plutonium produced at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945.

As the first atomic bomb, fueled with Hanford plutonium, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 10 months later, leaders feared there was a chance that the chain reaction could destroy the world.

As the first atomic bomb, fueled with Hanford plutonium, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 10 months later, leaders feared there was a chance that the chain reaction could destroy the world.

The Bomb. The PBS documentary on the history of atomic and nuclear weapons, The bomb, is unforgettable.It brings to light the megalomania for absolute power. We learn that from the “accidental ...

RICHLAND -- No one at Hanford Engineer Works knew they were making history. There were signs, but all told them to keep quiet. They were told they were serving their country and furthering the war ...

Plans for cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation’s 56 million gallons of radioactive waste near Richland, WA are moving slowly forward. A public comment period for the latest plan ended this ...

DuPont had erected the first full-size nuclear reactor at this site and would produce plutonium for the atomic bomb. Few of the 20,000 workers at Hanford, including Mattingly, knew what was going ...

As the first atomic bomb, fueled with Hanford plutonium, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 10 months later, leaders feared there was a chance that the chain reaction could destroy the world.

As the first atomic bomb, fueled with Hanford plutonium, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 10 months later, leaders feared there was a chance that the chain reaction could destroy the world.

As the first atomic bomb, fueled with Hanford plutonium, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 10 months later, leaders feared there was a chance that the chain reaction could destroy the world.