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  2. Nevada Test Site - Wikipedia

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    928. The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2[1] or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, [2] is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds of the ...

  3. Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

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    Operation Nougat [1] was a series of 44 nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site in 1961 and 1962, immediately after the Soviet Union abrogated a testing moratorium, with the US' Mink test shot taking place the day before the Soviets test-detonated the Tsar Bomba.

  4. Project 58/58A - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates in "Project 58/58A" using OpenStreetMap. Operation Project 58/58A[1] was a series of 4 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1957–1958 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Plumbbob series and preceded the Operation Hardtack I series. All the tests in Project 58 were one-point safety tests. [2]

  5. Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository - Wikipedia

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    The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, as designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments of 1987, [2] is a proposed deep geological repository storage facility within Yucca Mountain for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste in the United States. The site is on federal land adjacent to the Nevada Test Site in Nye ...

  6. Underground nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia

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    Underground nuclear testing is the test detonation of nuclear weapons that is performed underground. When the device being tested is buried at sufficient depth, the nuclear explosion may be contained, with no release of radioactive materials to the atmosphere. The extreme heat and pressure of an underground nuclear explosion causes changes in ...

  7. Nevada Test and Training Range - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 37°31′36″N 116°11′53″W. Nevada Test and Training Range. Part of Nellis Air Force Base Complex. Nye, Lincoln, and Clark counties, Nevada. Near Las Vegas in US. An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases its munitions during a close air support training mission on September 23, 2011. "Nellis Air Force Range" and nearby federal lands.

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