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Area 9 held 115 nuclear tests for a total of 133 detonations. [9] In Area 9, the 74 kt (310 TJ) "Hood" test on July 5, 1957, part of Operation Plumbbob, was the largest atmospheric test ever conducted within the continental United States; nearly five times larger in yield than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. A balloon carried Hood up to 460 ...
24 lip 2011 · Area 9 - This area, within the Nuclear Test Zone, occupies 52 km2 (20 mi2 ) in the northeast quadrant of the Yucca Flat weapons test basin. Seventeen atmospheric tests were conducted in this...
The Tonopah Test Range (TTR, also designated as Area 52) is a highly classified, restricted military installation of the United States Department of Defense, and United States Department of Energy (nuclear stockpile stewardship) located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Tonopah, Nevada.
Area 9 — This area, within the Nuclear Test Zone, occupies 52 km2 (20 mi2 ) in the northeast quadrant of the Yucca Flat weapons test basin. Seventeen atmospheric tests were conducted in this area between 1951 and 1958.
This fact sheet provides information about the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, Site. Long-Term stewardship responsibilities for this site are managed by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management.
Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range.
Sites of Atomic Explosions. Nevada Test Site. Overview. President Truman established the NTS in December 1950, as the nation's on-continent nuclear weapons testing area. Prior to 1950, most tests were conducted in the Pacific. This was costly, time-consuming, and logistically difficult.
