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Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

LC control no.sh 89005786
Geographic headingNevada National Security Site (Nev.)
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Geographic subdivision usageNevada--Nevada National Security Site
Variant(s)AEC Nevada Test Site (Nev.)
Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Range (Nev.)
Nevada Atomic Test Site (Nev.)
Nevada Nuclear Test Site (Nev.)
Nevada Proving Grounds (Nev.)
Nevada Test Site (Nev.)
See alsoNuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing
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Found inWork cat.: The Nevada test site.
Americana: v. 20, p. 511W.
Collier's: v. 17, p. 344B.
Hennepin (Used for Nevada Atomic Test Site, Nevada Nuclear Test Site)
2005910298: Meier, C.W. Before the nukes, c2005.
GNIS, March 30, 2007 (Nevada Test Site; LOCALE in NYE Co., Nevada; variants: AEC Nevada Test Site, Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nevada Proving Grounds)
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] unknown; 36°56ʹ05ʺN 116°18ʹ39ʺW
Work cat.: 2018210307: Project 57 Air Monitoring Report: January 1 through December 31, 2016: PDF file, p. iii (... Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site)...)
Its website, viewed June 25, 2018: History of the NNSS (From NTS to NNSS: In 2010, the name was changed to the NNSS to more accurately reflect the evolving mission of the site.)
Project 57 Air Monitoring Report, 2016: Executive Summary, p.iii (... Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site)...)
Not found inAcad. Am. encyc.; Lippincott; IAC; Random House; Web. 3; Web. geog.