Photo from K-25 Virtual Museum/U.S. Department of Energy
Information from the January 2016 issue of “Advocate,” a publication of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board
A new virtual museum helps preserve the history of the former K-25 site, which was built in west Oak Ridge to enrich uranium for atomic bombs during World War II and once had the world’s largest building under one roof.
The K-25 Virtual Museum was launched in November by the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) as part of a memorandum of agreement for the interpretation of the historic site now known as East Tennessee Technology Park, or ETTP.
The debut of the online museum coincided with the November 10 signing of an agreement between the Department of Energy and the Department of Interior establishing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The Manhattan Project was a top-secret federal effort to build the world’s first atomic weapons during World War II.
The K-25 Virtual Museum can be viewed at http://www.k-25virtualmuseum.org/.
