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Trinity (nuclear test)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 16, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 14:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)



Trinity was the code name given to the nuclear test that saw the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. The code name was assigned by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, after a poem by John Donne. It was conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in the Jornada del Muerto desert. The only structures originally in the vicinity were the McDonald Ranch House and its ancillary buildings, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb components. A base camp was constructed, and there were 425 people present on the weekend of the test. It used a Fat Man bomb of the same design as that detonated over Nagasaki. The complex Implosion-type nuclear weapon design required a major effort from the Los Alamos Laboratory, and testing was required to allay fears that it would not work. Its detonation (shown on video) produced the explosive power of about 20 ktonTNT. The test site is now part of the White Sands Missile Range. It was declared a National Historic Landmark district in 1965, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places the following year.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Operation Crossroads (December 4, 2013)
 * Main editors: Hawkeye7
 * Promoted: February 14, 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: 70th anniversary of the test
 * Last year I promised to have this one ready for 16 July 2015. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:33, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Why would you even remotely consider that boring pic when you have File:Trinity_Test_Fireball_16ms.jpg? Nergaal (talk) 04:22, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * As I gather that technical issues about videos on mobile displays no longer exist, I've boldly swapped the memorial image for the video of the explosion. If that doesn't grab the punters, I don't know what will... Support, incidentally - I read the article through and found it very interesting work. BencherliteTalk 09:24, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I think this would be a great article for the main page but I highly doubt a foggy video is as attention grabbing as that crisp FP. Nergaal (talk) 18:58, 3 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Support: Important historical event. Praemonitus (talk) 15:26, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support: NB: cool with a video too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:31, 29 June 2015 (UTC)