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Nuclear Weapons

Playing downwind of the Trinity test site on the day of the explosion, July 16, 1945

Collateral damage: American civilian survivors of the 1945 Trinity test

By Lesley M. M. Blume | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

Oppenheimer security badge photo at Los Alamos

“He did not speak the ordinary language”: Memories of Oppie, from a Manhattan Project physicist

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

July issue: Oppenheimer. The man. The movie. The legacy.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons

Oppie—“A very mysterious and delphic character.” Interview with Kai Bird, co-author of American Prometheus

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Color photo of Trinity test of atomic bomb on July 16, 1945

Introduction — Oppenheimer: The man behind the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Gadget is readied for the Trinity test.

A foul and awesome display

By Kenneth T. Bainbridge | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

Nichols presents charges

By K.D. Nichols | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

Bulletin statement on the Energy Department’s Oppenheimer decision

By Rachel Bronson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay

Oppenheimer movie scene

An extended interview with Christopher Nolan, director of Oppenheimer

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

The Oppenheimer case: A study in the abuse of law

By Harold P. Green | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Oppenheimer Replies

By J. Robert Oppenheimer | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Nuclear Notebook: French nuclear weapons, 2023

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons