The year 2010 marked the 65th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan and the end of World War II. During the war, the work of engineers, scientists, and civilians was kept secret from the general public. The nuclear production facilities and laboratories were “behind the fence” and thus inaccessible to the public.Decades later, many of these sites still remain hidden from public view and only individuals with top level security clearances are able to access the historic properties.
The Atomic Heritage Foundation has worked tirelessly to bring these iconic historical properties to the public. Through the years, AHF has worked in partnership with Federal, State and local governments, historical societies, academia, and corporate and nonprofit organizations to preserve Manhattan Project history. As a result of those efforts, we have facilitated the way to getting an Executive Order for preserving important Federal historic properties in 2003, urged Congress to pass the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act for the National Park Service to study whether to create a historical park, aided in the process of this study, garnered support at the National Park Service, the Department of Interior, and the Department of Energy to recommend a National Historic Park and pass their recommendations to Congress in July 2011.
We are confident that our efforts will lead to an eventual designation of historic sites at Los Alamos, NM, Oak Ridge, TN, and Hanford, WA (such as the B-Reactor, above) as part of a Manhattan Project National Historical Park. If you are interested in joining our cause, please email
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for more information. To learn more about our efforts in pushing for the national park legislation, please click here.
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