Out of this surreal convergence of spectacle and science emerged one of the most striking and unsettling cultural icons of ...

Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site ...

Jay Cowan still worries about the Rulison blast’s proximity to the Colorado River and expresses disbelief at the 107 days that radioactive gas was burned in order to test whether the radionuclides ...

Nevada Democrats are pushing for more detail into Donald Trump’s call to resume nuclear testing as members of the president’s administration say publicly that explosive testing is unlikely. Sens.

The Rulison test — conducted at a depth of 8,425 feet — was the deepest subterranean nuclear-bomb detonation conducted in U.S. history.

(The Center Square) - Nevada veterans are awaiting the final passage of S.2220, a landmark bill that would acknowledge those who served at the radioactive Nevada Test and Training Range. The bill ...

US President Donald Trump has shocked the world by announcing another nuclear bomb test. There's no doubt that countries like China, North Korea, and Russia are secretly conducting nuclear tests.

The bill would enable them to get compensation for the health impact from atomic bomb testing. One hundred tests were conducted above the ground in 1951 to 1962, and another 828 were conducted ...