West Lake Landfill contains radioactive waste traced directly back to the Manhattan Project. Originally dumped decades after World War II, the material was never properly removed and remains ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — As the world marks 80 years since the Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the effort to develop the weapon lingers in the ground throughout Western New York.

Press Play with Madeleine Brand America built the atom bomb in enormous, secret cities Building atom bombs was a feat rivaling the science behind them. The Manhattan Project oversaw hundreds of ...