The structure stands about 160 meters northwest of ground zero, where the atomic bomb detonated over the city on Aug. 6, 1945, killing thousands instantly, including all 30 or so people who were ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A building at Y-12 that helped create the first atomic bombs is being demolished. Building 9201-2, also known as Alpha-2, is a 2.5-acre structure was built in 1944 to ...