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Welcome to the Atomic Archive. This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb - a crucial turning point for all mankind. AJ Software & Multimedia presents this site as an online companion to its latest CD-ROM, Atomic Archive: Enhanced Edition.
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This Month In Atomic History
| 1941 | July - British 'MAUD' Committee reports that a weapon could be made with 10 kg of U-235; U.S. Academy of Sciences endorses bomb program. More>> |
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| 1945 | July 16 - U.S. explodes first atomic bomb, the Trinity test, at Alamogordo. More>> |
| 1946 | July - Demonstrations in Times Square, New York, against nuclear testing. |
| 1962 | July 6 - Sedan excavation experiment by Plowshare. July 8 - EMP from high-altitude burst turns off street lights in Oahu, Hawaii. More>> |
| 1968 | July 1 - Non-Proliferation Treaty opened for additional signatures. More>> |
| 1980 | July 15 - The U.S. reports that the light signals recorded over the South Atlantic on September 22, 1979 were probably not from a nuclear explosion. This was later proved to be false. More>> |
Latest News
A Visit to the Atomic Testing Museum
The museum, a partnership between the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation and the Desert Research Institute, is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and is located just east of the Las Vegas strip. The goal of the museum is to preserve and foster public accessibility to the history associated with the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the Nation's nuclear weapons testing program. To learn more, click here.
Cold War: A Brief History
For more than forty years, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union directly threatened each other with nuclear weapons. This period of time is referred to as The Cold War. This section explores the major events of this period including; the development of the hydrogen bomb, the nuclear arms race, détente, nuclear proliferation and the nuclear world after the end of the Cold War. To learn more, click here.
