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when was the first atomic bomb successfully tested July 16, 1945 what was it called? The code name given was Trinity who tested it? The United States Army where was it tested? In the Jornada del Muerto desert about southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. was this part of a larger project? Yes, the Manhattan Project. who headed this project? Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers what was the purpose of this project? Research and development for nuclear weapons during World War II. name a few people who were involved in the original test Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer how was the bomb detonated? UNANSWERABLE how much energy was generated? UNANSWERABLE were there any civilians involved? No, but civilians noticed the bright lights and huge explosion. what official notifications were sent out? The results of the test were conveyed to the Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at the Potsdam Conference in Germany; was at once taken to Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. when were they sent out? UNANSWERABLE was there any fallout? Not much, but the heaviest fallout contamination outside the restricted test area was from the detonation point, on Chupadera Mesa. what is the condition of the site today? More than seventy years after the test, residual radiation at the site is about ten times higher than normal background radiation in the area. what was the bomb made out of - plutonium or uranium? An implosion-design plutonium device
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Trinity (nuclear test) [SEP] Introduction
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what was then the USAAF Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, now part of White Sands Missile Range. The only structures originally in the vicinity were the McDonald Ranch House and its ancillary buildings, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb components. A base camp was constructed, and there were 425 people present on the weekend of the test.