Nevada National Security Site
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The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.
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Target entity: Nevada National Security Site Context triple: [Nevada Test and Training Range, adjacentTo, Nevada National Security Site]
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A.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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B.
Hanford Site, Washington
Hanford Site, Washington is a large decommissioned nuclear production complex along the Columbia River that was central to U.S. plutonium production during and after World War II and is now one of the nation’s most challenging environmental cleanup sites.
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C.
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is a major U.S. nuclear research and development facility in Idaho known for pioneering reactor technologies and nuclear energy innovations.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southern New Mexico known for missile and weapons testing and as the site of the first atomic bomb detonation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nevada National Security Site Target entity description: The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.
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A.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
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B.
Hanford Site, Washington
Hanford Site, Washington is a large decommissioned nuclear production complex along the Columbia River that was central to U.S. plutonium production during and after World War II and is now one of the nation’s most challenging environmental cleanup sites.
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C.
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is a major U.S. nuclear research and development facility in Idaho known for pioneering reactor technologies and nuclear energy innovations.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southern New Mexico known for missile and weapons testing and as the site of the first atomic bomb detonation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Department of Energy facility
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United States national security site ⓘ nuclear weapons test site ⓘ |
| access | restricted ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NNSS ⓘ |
| area |
about 1,360 square miles
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about 3,500 square kilometers ⓘ |
| contains |
Device Assembly Facility
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Frenchman Flat ⓘ Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex ⓘ Nuclear Incident Response Training sites ⓘ Pahute Mesa ⓘ Tactical Response Training Facility ⓘ U1a Complex ⓘ Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yucca Flat
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| distanceFromLasVegas | about 65 miles northwest ⓘ |
| environment |
Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
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surface form:
Great Basin Desert transition zone
Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| established | 1951 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Nevada Test and Training Range
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surface form:
Nevada Proving Grounds
Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nevada Test Site
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| governingBody |
National Nuclear Security Administration
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surface form:
National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
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| locatedIn | Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Nye County
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surface form:
Nye County, Nevada
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| locatedInRegion | southern Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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surface form:
Las Vegas
|
| managedBy | Mission Support and Test Services LLC ⓘ |
| nuclearTestingMoratorium | since early 1990s ⓘ |
| operator |
National Nuclear Security Administration
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U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
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| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| partOf | United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
counterterrorism training
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emergency response training ⓘ hazardous materials experiments ⓘ national security research ⓘ nuclear weapons testing ⓘ |
| renamed | 2010 ⓘ |
| renamedFrom | Nevada Test Site to Nevada National Security Site ⓘ |
| securityLevel | high ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| usedFor |
atmospheric nuclear tests
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nonproliferation research ⓘ nuclear emergency response exercises ⓘ radiological training ⓘ stockpile stewardship activities ⓘ subcritical nuclear experiments ⓘ underground nuclear tests ⓘ |
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Subject: Nevada National Security Site Description of subject: The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.
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