Conference invites those from across the country to look at the impacts of Hanford

Historians from across the country came to the Tri-Cities to discuss about the impacts of Hanford to the area and the world.

Director of the Hanford History Project, Micheal Mays says the Manhattan Project changed the way we live today.

"From scientific developments to the clean-up process to the discovery of different community groups and what they contributed to the project," says Mays.

Keynote speakers for the conference will include author and filmmaker Eric Schlosser (“Fast Food Nation,” “Command and Control”); Kathleen Flenniken, Washington State Poet Laureate and one-time Hanford engineer; and Una Gilmartin, structural engineer and historical preservationist whose projects include restoration of the Washington Monument and Hanford’s White Bluffs Bank.

The community is invited to attend several of the events Thursday and Friday you can find a full list on the, "Legacies of the Manhattan Project: Reflections on 75 Years of a Nuclear World," website.