The Nevada Test Site is a
United States Department of Energy reservation located in
Nye County,
Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of
Las Vegas, near . Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Ground, the site, established on
January 11,
1951 for the testing of
nuclear weapons, is composed of approximately 1,350 square miles (3,500 km²) of desert and mountainous terrain.
Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site began with a one-
kiloton (4
terajoule) bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat on
January 27,
1951. Many of the iconic images of the nuclear era come from NTS.
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