Sites discussing the influence of the development of nuclear energy on popular culture, history, and society including those that discuss the history of the development of nuclear energy either for military or power production purposes.
A biography of Stalin's enigmatic director of the Soviet project to build the atomic bomb. Details his efforts as head of the project to develop first the atomic bomb and then the hydrogen bomb. Includes documents and links. www.pbs.org/opb/citizenk/index.html
Timeline of nuclear weapon development, biographies of atomic scientists, accounts of nuclear tests, arms-control treaties, full text original documents, an image and video gallery, a glossary and teachers guide. www.atomicarchive.com/main.shtml
Information on Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons research and development. Includes statements, position papers, research and analysis, news coverage and opinion polls, and related information on nuclear proliferation. www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/nuclear.html
A chronology of Canada's contributions to the nuclear weapon programs of several countries. Includes material on the production of plutonium at Chalk River and the accident there, the development and export of CANDU reactors, a picture gallery and other m ccnr.org/chronology.html
A short history of American nuclear weapons deployments on foreign soil, often without the knowledge of the host country, from 1945 to 1977. Includes graphs of deployments by region. www.bullatomsci.org/issues/1999/nd99/nd99norris.html
A history of the Atomic Age of the 1950s. Includes links to a few feature articles from the 1950s that let the reader get an idea of the social impact of atomic weapons on American society. www.itseemslikeyesterday.com/1999_winter/index.asp
Details of surface and subsurface atomic tests conducted in the United States and their impact on human health. Includes maps of test sites and links to summaries of individual shots. www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Tests
A short article on the history of British nuclear testing in Australia and a discussion of Canberra's motives for cooperating with such tests. Also contains short biographies of prominent Australian nuclear scientists. www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_on_the_beach.htm
A museum covering the historical development of atomic energy and armaments. Includes virtual tours of Manhattan Project, nuclear arms, delivery systems, nuclear non-proliferation, and non-military applications of nuclear technology. www.atomicmuseum.com
A biography of Andrei Sakharov and his contributions to Soviet nuclear weapons research, nuclear fusion, cosmology, human rights, and world peace. Includes a bibliography and links to related sites. www.aip.org/history/sakharov
By the Avalon Project of the Yale Law School, has original documents from the findings and recommendation of the Personnel Security Board in the case of Dr. Oppenheimer. Includes letters, and the opinion written by the Atomic Energy Commission. www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/oppmenu.htm
The Brookings Institution studied the history of nuclear weapons development, production, and testing in the United States. Extensive information on historical weapons programs and their costs. www.brook.edu/FP/PROJECTS/NUCWCOST/WEAPONS.HTM
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, documents, photos, audio, links. www.dannen.com/szilard.html
Collection of links on a variety of nuclear topics, including: university programs, job openings, reactors, anti-nuclear groups, weapons testing, waste disposal, computing, health physics, and engineering. www.nuc.berkeley.edu/neutronics/todd/frame/open.html
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 facilities. www.kiae.ru/eng/wel/dmk/bdma.htm
An online photographic tour of the museum at the Los Alamos of the former Soviet Union, Arzamas-16. Photos and descriptions of the first Soviet atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, the development of tactical and ballistic weapons, and the installations used for t www.vniief.ru/museum/museum_e.html
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. It presents new evidence from the archives of both NATO and former Warsaw P www.isn.ethz.ch/php
Information on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of many American nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes a history of the islands and the nuclear tests as well as information on efforts to clean up radioactive contamination and US rep www.bikiniatoll.com
Provides updates on the nuclear industry in Japan, follows events in depth that affect the public and publishes informational literature on nuclear topics. English version of a Japanese site. www.cnic.or.jp/english/index.html
An account by a long time employee of the beginning and development of the Pantex plant which produces nuclear weapons. Part of a larger site that covers the current mission of Pantex. www.pantex.com/ds/pxgena2a.htm
Fact sheet on Pakistan's nuclear weapons tests, reactors, research facilities, uranium enrichment and plutonium and tritium production plants, and weapons manufacturing facilities. Includes map. www.cdi.org/issues/testing/pak1.html
(the Atomic Bomb Movie)Website devoted to documentary films dealing with atomic history and obscure material on atomic testing. Contains many unique and rare QuickTime movies and jpeg photos regarding atomic testing and nuclear detonations. www.vce.com/trinity.html
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