Nevada Test Site
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The Nevada National Security Sites, popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, 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.
A November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, Operation Buster–Jangle "Dog". It had a yield of 21 kilotons of TNT (88 TJ), and was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted with live troops maneuvering on land. Troops shown are 6 mi (10 km) from the blast.
This handbill was distributed 16 days before the first nuclear device was detonated at the site.
Mushroom cloud seen from downtown Las Vegas.
Sedan crater
United States Department of Energy
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The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.
James V. Forrestal Building, Department headquarters
Sign in front of the United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building on 1000 Independence Avenue in Washington D.C.