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Cherenkov radiation happens when electrically charged particles, such as protons or electrons, travel faster than light in a clear medium like water.

With the recent uptick in interest in the role Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) played in the World War II-era Manhattan Project, EM Senior Advisor William White was joined by EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) officials in a visit to Los Alamos.

This EM story focuses on the Manhattan Project, the origin of EM’s nuclear cleanup mission.

Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership Technical Services Summer Intern Catherine Creekmore, center, applies what she is learning in her internship to characterize materials found in process gas equipment in the C-333 Process Building with Paducah Site workers.

EM recently moved a significant step toward closure of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest building, which could comfortably house a modern U.S. aircraft carrier.

Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) staff at the Hanford Site recently conducted a drill simulating the response to an abnormality in the plant’s power system.

If you’re looking to learn more about Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer’s legacy, the Manhattan Project, and how both laid the foundation for the modern-day Department of Energy, have we got the blog for you.

San Francisco start-up Gamma Reality, Inc. (GRI) has revolutionized radiation detection by creating safer, efficient real-time 3D mapping technologies.

On July 16, 1945, the research and development efforts of the nation’s once-secret Manhattan Project were realized with the detonation of the world’s first nuclear device at the code-named “Trinity” test site over 200 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico