Today's installment concludes The First Atomic Bomb,our selection from Project Trinity 1945-1946 by Carl Maag and by Steve Rohrer published in

The cloud drifted to the northeast, and higher gamma readings due to fallout were encountered in this direction.Continuing The First Atomic

The Medical Group was divided into two monitoring groups, the Site Monitoring Group, which was responsible for onsite monitoring, and the Offsite

According to dosimetry data, entrance logs, and other records, about 1,000 individuals were at the test site at some time between 16 July 1945 and the

On the day of the shot, five parties entered the ground zero area.Continuing The First Atomic Bomb,our selection from Project Trinity 1945-1946 by

Because the Allied conference in Potsdam, Germany, was about to begin and the President needed the results of the test as soon as possible, the

Three shelters, located approximately 9,150 meters (10,000 yards) north, west, and south of ground zero, were built for the protection of test

What would be the extent and effects of such a nuclear chain reaction, or of the hazards of the resulting blast and radiation?Continuing The First