The tower stood 1 500 feet above ground level so that when the colossal explosion occurred the fireball blast wouldn t effect or damage the monitoring equipment. In the 1950s nuclear testing began at the nevada national security site as technicians mounted the apple 2 bomb on top of a detonation tower. These settlements went by an ominous name.
To test the impact of an atomic blast on populated areas technicians built entire fake towns with houses shops and even mannequin families. A long time ago in a town not so far away lies one of colorado s most toxic places not because of run off from mines or regular human waste but rather from a 40 kiloton nuclear bomb that was tested by the united states atomic energy commission. The little known town of parachute colorado is home to a historic nuclear test site.
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers. The nevada test site is located 65 miles northwest of las vegas on us 95. The homes were populated by 1950s picture perfect.
The most disturbing element of the fake town was its citizens. Below are seven nuclear test sites in the atlas that you can still visit today. The nevada national security site n2s2 or nnss known as the nevada test site nts until august 23 2010 is a united states department of energy doe reservation located in southeastern nye county nevada about 65 miles 105 km northwest of the city of las vegas formerly known as the nevada proving grounds the site was established on january 11 1951 for the testing of nuclear devices.
