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Above video is of a nuclear bomb test at the NTS
The Nevada Test Site (NTS) 65 miles north of Las Vegas became the official site of nuclear testing beginning in January of 1951 when it saw the first of over 100 tests that would be conducted through October 1958. During that time, 150 million curies of iodine-131 were released into the atmosphere. The test site was over 4,000 uninhabited square miles so that Nevada residents were not in direct danger of the tests. The NTS lies in the Nells Air Force Range, a restricted area, which added to the test site's security and secrecy. Most of the tests conduced at the NTS were atmospheric tests- in the air above the ground. However, some were detonated in a bomb-drop simulation from an aircraft. Nearby man-made towers tested the effects on the land in the region. In 1958 the tests ceased except for one additional test in 1961. Since then no tests have occurred at the NTS.
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