Traveler's Guide To Nuclear Weapons

The Department of Energy, its associated laboratories, and other government agencies continue to be a good source of free electronic documents on the nuclear weapons complex and its history. Links to a selection of these documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) are located below. You can either read them here, or download them to your computer after opening them. If you don't have Adobe^TM Acrobat^TM Reader, you can download a free reader now. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

General Histories

A History of the Atomic Energy Commission, 2.5 MB

Plowshare Program, 201 KB

Trinity Site History, 4.3 MB

Lists

The Department of Energy's Big List of Nuclear Weapons-Related Sites, 39 KB

Note: The Department of Energy's EEOICPA Program has been transferred to the Department of Labor (DOL). The referenced phone number (1-877-447-9756) in this document is no longer valid. The DOL toll free number for assistance with this program is 1-866-888-3322.

U.S. Nuclear Detonations by Date, 371 KB

U.S. Nuclear Detonations by Name, 260 KB

Los Alamos National Laboratory

A History of Critical Experiments at Pajarito Site (Los Alamos), 2.9 MB

Dateline Los Alamos - Special Edition, 3.2 MB

Description of Technical Areas and Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Part 1, 2.4 MB

Description of Technical Areas and Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Part 2, 2.5 MB

Los Alamos Critical Assemblies Facility, 922 KB

On the Front Lines: Plutonium Workers Past and Present Share Their Experiences, 1.6 MB

Overview of Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1.8 MB

Manuals

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Radiation Protection Manual, 2.1 MB

Nuclear Weapon Technologies and Effects

Nuclear Weapons Technology - Section 5, 1.0 MB

Nuclear Weapons Effects Technology - Section 6, 251 KB

Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction, 5.7 MB

The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions, 3.0 MB

Sandia National Laboratories

A History of Building 828, Sandia National Laboratories, 3.4 MB

Tech Area II: A History - Sandia National Laboratories, 727 KB

Uranium Mills

Decommissioning of U.S. Uranium Production Facilities, 684 KB

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