Health Physics - Historical Instrumentation Collection
To chronicle the scientific and commercial history of radioactivity and radiation.
India-Pakistan Nuclear Central
Reference materials, current issues, editorials and data on the nuclear programs of India and Pakistan. Has maps, links to media sites, links to sites from both countries, and a co…
Leo Szilard Online
Leo Szilard (1898-1964) participated in the American Manhattan Project but afterwards became a leading critic of the Cold War nuclear arms race. Includes biographical information, …
Louis Slotin Memorial
Dr. Slotin was a scientist involved with the development of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. Tells the story of his work, life and death in an accident at Los Alam…
Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.
Large site by the Children of the Manhattan Project group with biographies, articles, photos, historic documents and other materials relating to the Manhattan Project.
Nuclear Weapon Research on the Internet
In depth collection of links to nuclear news, information, research, searches on nuclear topics, software to model nuclear blast effects, history, commentary, and links pages.
Nuclear Weapons
Information on nuclear weapons design, production, materials, testing and effects both historic and current. Includes diagrams and explanations of the physics and engineering invol…
Nuclear Weapons
Database of nuclear explosions, image gallery of test photos of US and other nuclear tests, chronology and background information on nuclear weapons.
Pakistan's Nuclear Test
Fact sheet on Pakistan's nuclear weapons tests, reactors, research facilities, uranium enrichment and plutonium and tritium production plants, and weapons manufacturing facilities.…
Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Provides documentation on the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, their mutual threat perceptions and military plans, and their significance for our time. …
Physicians for Social Responsibility: New Nuclear Weapons and Strategy
Position papers describing PSR's opposition to nuclear testing, on test bans, and on related topics.
Purdue Physics - The War Period
Essay on the war time history of the physics department of Purdue University detailing work done there as a part of the Manhattan Project and in physics in general.
Russian Research Centre - Kurchatov Institute
A museum about Igor Kurchatov, head of the USSR's A-bomb project, and Soviet nuclear weapons research. Provides virtual tours of Kurchatov's life and Soviet atomic research facilit…
Salient Milestones of Atomic Energy in India
Chronology of the development of the atomic energy agency in India and the achievements of the agency in both power production and weapons development.
Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster
Information on the physical, medical and epidemiological effects of the bombing of Nagasaki. Includes the testimony of Dr. Raisuke Shirabe, maps of the destroyed areas, and a list …
SRS -- Historical Highlights
Chronology of the Savanna River Site, part of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex. Covers significant historical developments in the mission and evolution of the facility. Part of a la…
Stealing the Fire
Film documentary by John Friedman and Eric Nadler tracing the history on how top-secret nuclear technology was sold to Third World nations.
The American Experience | Race for the Super Bomb
Material from the documentary on the US/Soviet race to develop the hydrogen bomb. Includes a timeline, photographs, the people who were involved, maps, film clips of nuclear tests …
The Atomic Age: A Brief Overview
An overview of the Manhattan Project, the use of the bomb, the development of the Cold War and the physics of nuclear weapons. Includes photographs and a bibliography.
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