Nevada National Security Site

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United States Department of Energy facility United States national security site nuclear weapons test site

The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Nevada Test Site 15
Nevada National Security Site canonical 5
Yucca Flat 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ
United States national security site ⓘ
nuclear weapons test site ⓘ
access restricted ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NNSS ⓘ
area about 1,360 square miles ⓘ
about 3,500 square kilometers ⓘ
contains Device Assembly Facility ⓘ
Frenchman Flat ⓘ
Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex ⓘ
Nuclear Incident Response Training sites ⓘ
Pahute Mesa ⓘ
Tactical Response Training Facility ⓘ
U1a Complex ⓘ
Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yucca Flat
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceFromLasVegas about 65 miles northwest ⓘ
environment Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin Desert transition zone

Mojave Desert ⓘ
established 1951 ⓘ
formerName Nevada Test and Training Range ⓘ
surface form: Nevada Proving Grounds

Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nevada Test Site
governingBody National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ
surface form: National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office

U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Energy
locatedIn Nevada ⓘ
locatedInCounty Nye County ⓘ
surface form: Nye County, Nevada
locatedInRegion southern Nevada ⓘ
locatedNear Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas
managedBy Mission Support and Test Services LLC ⓘ
nuclearTestingMoratorium since early 1990s ⓘ
operator National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Energy
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
primaryUse counterterrorism training ⓘ
emergency response training ⓘ
hazardous materials experiments ⓘ
national security research ⓘ
nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
renamed 2010 ⓘ
renamedFrom Nevada Test Site to Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
securityLevel high ⓘ
status active ⓘ
usedFor atmospheric nuclear tests ⓘ
nonproliferation research ⓘ
nuclear emergency response exercises ⓘ
radiological training ⓘ
stockpile stewardship activities ⓘ
subcritical nuclear experiments ⓘ
underground nuclear tests ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nevada Test and Training Range → adjacentTo → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
Nye County → contains → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Nye County → contains → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
United States Department of Energy national laboratory system → hasPart → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons testing → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
United States nuclear weapons testing → lastFullScaleTestLocation → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → testSite → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Nevada deserts → contains → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucca Flat
Groom Lake → locatedNear → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucca Flat
Groom Lake → locatedNear → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Nevada National Security Site → formerName → Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Nevada National Security Site → contains → Nevada National Security Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucca Flat
Yucca Mountain → near → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
Operation Fulcrum → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Ranger → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Ranger → testSite → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Buster–Jangle → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 1
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 2
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 3
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 7
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 9
Operation Buster–Jangle → testSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 10
Operation Tumbler–Snapper → testSite → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Crosstie → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Bowline → testSite → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Toggle → locationRegion → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site (now Nevada National Security Site)
Operation Tinderbox → location → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Tinderbox → testSite → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site
Operation Tinderbox → nuclearTestSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Yucca Flat area
Operation Tinderbox → nuclearTestSiteArea → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Pahute Mesa area
Operation Musketeer → relatedTo → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site underground tests
United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (DOE/NV-209) → shortTitle → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: DOE/NV-209
Operation Storax → testSiteDesignation → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site Area 1–30
Operation Emery → relatedTo → Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada Test Site underground nuclear tests