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Residents in Las Vegas watching a mushroom cloud rise after an atomic detonation at Nevada Test…

Residents in Las Vegas watching a mushroom cloud rise after an atomic detonation at Nevada Test Site, April 22, 1952. The people are on top of Don & Bob’s Motor Service, 908 La...

Nevada Guard's Civil Support Team Trains for Radiological, Explosive Threats

The Nevada National Guard's 92nd Civil Support Team conducted its annual "Beta Burn" exercise at the Ormsby House in Carson City, training alongside local and federal partners to r...

Las Vegas, Nevada, 1943

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NASA tests lunar rover in California desert

NASA tests lunar rover in California desert Diana Ionescu Thu, 05/28/2026 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption...

The High and the Mighty. Atomic cloud float. Helldorado Days parade, Fremont St, May 1953

The High and the Mighty. Atomic cloud float. Helldorado Days parade, Fremont St, May 1953

Hegseth mulls benefits fix for veterans exposed to radiation at A-bomb test site

Civilians have received benefits for work at the Nevada test site, but Cold War-era regulations still do not allow veterans to prove they were there, too.

NNSA facility modernizes Nuclear Security and Weapons Infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said the construction of Pantex Plant’s High Explosives Science and Engineering (HESE) facility has...

Historic Idaho EBR-II Dome transformed into nation’s first microreactor test bed

The Experimental Breeder Reactor-II dome at Idaho National Laboratory has been transformed into the nation's newest nuclear testing site, providing a secure environment for private...

Historic Idaho EBR-II Dome transformed into nation’s first microreactor test bed

The Experimental Breeder Reactor-II dome at Idaho National Laboratory has been transformed into the nation's newest nuclear testing site, providing a secure environment for private...

Chernobyl 2.0: Heres where nuclear disaster could happen next

Psychological prohibitions against endangering civilian reactors and other infrastructure are becoming dangerously thinFour decades after a failed experiment in Soviet Ukraine led...

Tikaboo Peak, Legendary Area 51 Viewing Spot, Closed by U.S. Government

From 1995 until now, Tikaboo Peak – 26 miles from Groom Lake – offered the closest and best public vantage point with a complete view of Area 51.  A notification by the U.S. Bureau...

NNSA Opens New High Explosives Facility at Pantex to Support Nuclear Modernization

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has completed a new High Explosives Science and Engineering facility, or HESE, designed to enhance nuclear weapo...

Experimental Breeder Reactor-I Atomic Museum opens for 2026 season

The following is a news release from Idaho National Laboratory. The Experimental Breeder Reactor-I Atomic Museum will open for the 2026 season Friday, May 22. Located 50 miles west...

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dr...

Air Force Picks Buckley SFB, Malmstrom AFB for Nuclear Microreactor Program

The Department of the Air Force has selected Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado and Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana as potential sites for nuclear microreactors, which are in...

No injuries in aircraft ‘mishap’ near Nevada Air Force base

An aircraft associated with Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs was involved in a “mishap” that resulted in a public safety response.

Nevada Biltmore, 600 N Main St, Las Vegas - c. 1942

U.S. pours $163M into key Pacific range used for missile defense tests

Two separate contracts awarded within days of each other are pouring more than $163 million into the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll — the remote Pacific range where the U.S. m...