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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.
Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962, as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes. [2]
Rainier Mesa is one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). [1] It occupies approximately 40 square miles (100 km 2) along the northern edge of the NNSS and corresponds to Area 12. [1] [2] The Rainier Mesa area consists of both Rainier Mesa proper and the contiguous Aqueduct Mesa. [3]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next ...
Area 25 within the Nevada Test Site. Area 25 is the largest named area in the Nevada National Security Site at 254 square miles (660 km 2), [1] and has its own direct access from Route 95. [1] Area 25 is commonly called "Jackass Flats" because it is composed primarily of a shallow alluvial basin by that name. [1]
Frenchman Flat is a hydrographic basin in the Nevada National Security Site [2] south of Yucca Flat and north of Mercury, Nevada. The flat was used as an American nuclear test site and has a 5.8 sq mi (15 km 2 ) dry lake bed (Frenchman Lake) that was used as a 1950s airstrip before it was chosen after the start of the Korean War for the Nevada ...
Area 27 within the Nevada National Security Site. Area 27 is a division of the Nevada National Security Site. It occupies approximately 49 square miles (130 km 2) in the south-central portion of the NNSS. [1] A portion of Area 27 was originally known as Area 410. [2] No tests of nuclear weapons took place in Area 27. [3]
In 2001, NAFR was renamed the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and in October 2001, the range group personnel and assets for range operations transferred to the 98th Range Wing. [36] In 2005, Indian Springs AFAF was renamed Creech Air Force Base and in 2010, the NTS was renamed the Nevada National Security Site. [37]