Nevada National Security Site
The Nevada National Security Site ( N2S2 abbreviated; until 2010 Nevada Test Site, NTS; German National security grounds Nevada) is located within the Nellis Range 3,500 km2 restricted area north of Las Vegas in Nevada. The test facility at 119 above-ground nuclear tests of 1962 and 1000 underground nuclear tests were from 1951 to 1958 until the Test-Ban 1992 Memorandum performed. Further, there have been many different physical experiments, for which the unusual BREN tower was constructed.
On the Nevada National Security Site numerous rocket experiments were performed as tested the nuclear-powered NERVA rocket and even a Nuclear Ramjet. In the 1950s, has seen many launches of rockets for the investigation of the explosion clouds of atomic bombs. 1997 some sounding rockets of the type Castor Orbus at 36 ° 45 'N, 116 ° 7' W36.75 - 116.11666666667 were launched at the test site.
Due to the " Treaty of Ruby Valley " (1863 ), which granted them two-thirds of Nevada, the terrain is claimed by the Western Shoshone. For decades, the main entrance is to the test site on U.S. 95 (Exit Mercury 36 ° 36 ' 9 " N, 115 ° 59' 56 " W36.602633 - 115.998941040 ) destination of many anti-nuclear protests from all over the United States.
The controversial, however, since February 2009, stopped in the planning nuclear storage of the United States under the ridge of Yucca Mountain is located partly in the field of the Nevada National Security Site.