NNSS

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

NNSS is a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear testing and research facility in southern Nevada historically known for underground nuclear weapons tests and ongoing national security and defense-related experiments.

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Label	Occurrences
NNSS canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ national security site ⓘ nuclear test site ⓘ
access	highly controlled ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
environment	remote desert ⓘ
formerName	Nevada Proving Grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevada Test Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Nevada National Security Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	counterterrorism training ⓘ emergency response training ⓘ nonproliferation research ⓘ nuclear weapons effects testing ⓘ radiological experiments ⓘ subcritical nuclear experiments ⓘ
governingBody	National Nuclear Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProgram	counterterrorism and emergency response training programs ⓘ nuclear nonproliferation program activities ⓘ stockpile stewardship program activities ⓘ
hasTypeOfTesting	high-explosive experiments ⓘ subcritical testing ⓘ underground nuclear testing ⓘ
historicalActivity	above-ground nuclear weapons tests ⓘ underground nuclear weapons tests ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
location	Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Mission Support and Test Services LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	support U.S. national security objectives ⓘ support nuclear stockpile reliability without full-scale testing ⓘ
nearestCity	Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	National Nuclear Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	U.S. nuclear weapons complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	defense-related experiments ⓘ national security research ⓘ nuclear weapons testing ⓘ stockpile stewardship activities ⓘ
region	Nevada desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	defense research ⓘ national security ⓘ nuclear energy ⓘ
securityClassification	restricted access facility ⓘ

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Nevada National Security Site → alsoKnownAs → NNSS ⓘ