DOE Under Secretary Dabbar Tours Exhibit on "Secret Cities" Linked to EM Cleanup

WASHINGTON, D.C. – DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar, recently toured the exhibit Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit showcases Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico — the Manhattan Project “secret cities” where EM currently conducts cleanup of the legacy from the World War II and Cold War-era nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. The secret cities were developed to accommodate tens of thousands of people who worked on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Project. The exhibit features original documents, photos, artifacts, maps, and models of the cities and examines their innovative design and construction. DOE’s offices of EM, Legacy Management, and Science fall under Dabbar’s purview, and they all have a role in the Manhattan Project National Historical Park located at the Hanford, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos sites.