Congressional hearings on bills to set up a Manhattan Project park that includes Oak Ridge can be watched online Wednesday and Thursday.
A Senate hearing on the bills that starts at 3 p.m. Wednesday can be watched live at http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/live-webcast, the nonprofit Atomic Heritage Foundation said in a press release.
A House hearing that starts at 10 a.m. Thursday can be watched at http://naturalresources.house.gov/Live/.
The bills would create a Manhattan Project National Historical Park at sites in Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, N.M., and Hanford, Wash. It would be the first time the the national park system recognizes the Manhattan Project, the top-secret effort to make an atomic bomb in World War II, the Atomic Heritage Foundation said.
Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, who is also chair of the Energy Communities Alliance, will testify at the Senate hearing. Y-12 National Security Complex historian D. Ray Smith will testify at the House hearing.
More information will be added later.
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