Nevada Test Site

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear test
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:NNSS
gptkb:Nevada_Proving_Grounds
gptkbp:area 1,360 square miles
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distanceFromLasVegas 65 miles northwest
gptkbp:environmentalImpact radioactive contamination
gptkbp:established 1951
gptkbp:firstNuclearTest January 27, 1951
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:National_Nuclear_Security_Administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nevada Test Site
gptkbp:lastTestDate September 23, 1992
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Nevada
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Las_Vegas
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Sedan_Crater
gptkb:Area_51_(adjacent)
gptkb:Frenchman_Flat
gptkb:Rainier_Mesa
gptkb:Yucca_Flat
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Operation_Plumbbob
gptkb:Operation_Ranger
gptkb:Operation_Teapot
gptkb:Operation_Buster–Jangle
gptkb:Operation_Upshot–Knothole
gptkbp:numberOfNuclearTests over 900
gptkbp:openToPublic restricted
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Nevada_National_Security_Site
gptkbp:significantEvent Partial Test Ban Treaty 1963 ended atmospheric tests
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 1996 ended nuclear tests
gptkbp:type atmospheric nuclear tests
subcritical tests
underground nuclear tests
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
Department of Energy contractors
gptkbp:usedFor nuclear test
emergency response training
subcritical nuclear tests
training exercises
gptkbp:website https://www.nnss.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Project_Plowshare
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4