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✧ J. Robert Oppenheimer ✧

J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first...

#j.robertoppenheimer #manhattanproject #worldwarii #manhattanprojectlos #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer

In 1964, the US Government tasked three civilian #physics postdocs with designing a #nuclear #weapon from scratch. Thus was born the #NthCountryProject: an experiment to determine just how easily other nations could independently complete their own #ManhattanProject.

https://nautil.us/how-three-students-designed-an-atomic-bomb-1278576 #WMD #NuclearWar

#SaintLouis’ long history of #radioactive #contamination. Highlights of 10 years of Post-Dispatch coverage.

Oct 9, 2025

"From the public announcement that #MallinckrodtChemicalWorks helped refine #uranium for the #ManhattanProject to the present, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has covered the issue of storing #RadioactiveWaste and subsequent #contamination of #ColdwaterCreek, #WeldonSpring and surrounding areas."

Read more:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/history/collection_29db6be1-fe7f-56b6-bdc6-fcf9dda512cd.html#1

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/AIoN2

#RadioactiveHazards #Cancer #NoNukes #NoWar #EPAFail #USPol #USGovtFail #NuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NoNuclearWar #EnvironmentalDisaster
#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife

Officials order demolition of #US homes after discovering #radioactive hazard: 'Safety is our number one priority'

"We've collected over 41,000 samples."

by Brianne Nemiroff, March 7, 2026

Excerpt: "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tested soil in the backyards of properties along the 800 block of Cades Cove Drive in #Florissant, #Missouri. It found #NuclearContamination between 2.5 and 17 feet below the foundations of the homes.

"The homes were built near #ColdwaterCreek, a waterway that has experienced contamination issues since the 1940s. Now, in February 2026, six of the homes on this block will be demolished.

"Lt. Col. Andrew James, Deputy Commander for the St. Louis District for the Army Corps of Engineers, said to Spectrum News, 'We've collected over 41,000 samples along Coldwater Creek. And although there's still more spots of contamination that we have to get, the data shows that these are the only homes that we have to demolish right now. For the residents in this area, especially the neighbors that are close … safety is our number one priority.'

"Spectrum News also spoke to Gina McNabb, a resident of the block whose home of 28 years was demolished. 'My husband's had #cancer, my kids had illnesses, and that's not to say that it definitely came from this, but now there's a question.'

"Federal authorities have not released the payouts to the affected homeowners; however, McNabb has confirmed that her home loan and moving expenses were paid off.

Those who participated in the #ManhattanProject focused more on physics than on the biological effects of radiation. Eighty years later, experts are still finding radiation in the soil under homes, in waterways, and an increased cancer risk in people living near high-risk areas, as stated by experts in an interview with PBS."

Read more:
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/neighborhood-demolition-due-to-uranium-contamination/

#NoNukes #NoWar #EPAFail #USPol #USGovtFail #NuclearWeapons #NuclearContamination #RethinkNotRestart #NoNuclearWar #EnvironmentalDisaster #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #FlorissantMO

Beyond the bomb. ⚛️

The Manhattan Project normalized federal oversight of scientific research.

Classified work, centralized funding, and national security priorities reshaped academic science.

That institutional model carried forward into the Cold War and beyond.

The atomic age was political as well as technological.

#ManhattanProject #ScienceHistory #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/manhattan-project-federal-control-of-science/

planetdetroit:
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Manhattan Project waste shipments to Wayne County landfill continue despite court order
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"Facility at landfill site ‘downblending’ higher radiation waste"

https://planetdetroit.org/2026/02/manhattan-project-waste-shipments/

10.2.2026

#Atombombe #Atommüll #Atomkraft #downblending #Kernenergie #landfill #ManhattanProject #Michigan #RadioactiveWaste #USA #VanBurenTownship #WayneDisposal