Manhattan Project buildings could become tourist attraction
AUG 08, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026235
New Scientist : In June the US Congress drafted legislation to turn several Manhattan Project sites into national parks. Abandoned for more than a half century, the buildings where the nuclear bomb was researched and tested are now falling apart and could be condemned. To preserve their history, archaeologists and historians have proposed establishing a Manhattan Project National Historic Park . Signature facilities in three locations are currently being considered: Los Alamos, New Mexico; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Hanford, Washington. The sites would be managed by the National Park Service and the Department of Energy. Although there is still some lingering radiation contamination at those sites, DOE has determined that it will not pose a threat to visitors.
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