Cold War

UNLV and Atomic Museum bring nuclear angst out of the Cold War closet

Christened with an atomic explosion nicknamed Able on Jan. 27, 1951, the Nevada Test Site was Uncle Sam’s garage for the nation’s nuclear testing program…

During the Cold War of the 1950s and early 60s, Nevadans timed their days to watch the U.S. government's nuclear explosions as they tested atomic weapons…

The National Atomic Testing Museum has just completed an exchange between participants and historians who have studied the testing of nuclear weapons on…

In 1957, George Yoshitake was asked by the U.S. Army to stand below a nuclear detonation and take pictures. Standing with 5 other volunteers at the Nevada…