A Visit to the Trinity Site: Remembering the detonation of the first nuclear device
From National Security Science Podcast by Brenda Fleming, J. Weston Phippen, Whitney Spivey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
July 7, 2025 · 25 min · Episode 26
About this episode
The episode discusses a visit to the Trinity site, the location of the first nuclear device detonation, providing historical context and impressions from the team.
In this episode of the National Security Science podcast, we discuss a recent trip the team took to the Trinity site—the location where the first nuclear device was detonated almost exactly 80 years ago. Along with listening to audio from the visit, you will hear the team discuss their impressions of the site and provide some historical context behind the artifacts and structures that remain.
Topics covered
- Trinity Site
- nuclear device
- historical context
- artifacts
- structures
Keywords
- nuclear history
- Los Alamos
- science
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: A Visit to the Trinity Site
Places: Trinity
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