Introduction

At the end of World War II, the United States govenment began to realize that the dropping of nuclear weapons on Japan was not the end of nuclear testing. In fact, it seemed that the bombs caused other countries, mainly the Soviet Union, to adopt a new interest in nuclear weapons. As a result, it was becoming increasingly more expensive for the U.S. to continue testing nuclear weapons overseas, and the search for a continental location began. Once the Nevada Test Site was selected, over 900 nuclear weapons were detonated between 1951 and 1992.

Ken Case, The Atomic Cowboy

This website is dedicated to providing visitors with information about:

  • the science behind nuclear weapons
  • the history of the Nevada Test Site

And more importantly

  • the human and environmental cost of such tests
  • the actions taken by the government to correct their mistakes