Test Site

The underground Gabbs test was planned for early 1993 at the Nevada Test Site, but it was cancelled when a moratorium on testing came into effect in October 1992....

On May 8, 1953, a B-50 bomber dropped a 27-kiloton nuclear device from 19,000 feet. Detonating at 2,323 feet, the bomb blew sections of the trestle from its foundation and bent the girders....

A 104 kiloton thermonuclear explosion on July 6, 1962 created Sedan Crater. At 1,214 ft in diameter and 330 ft deep, Sedan is the largest nuclear-caused crater in the United States....