Area 2 (Nevada National Security Site)

Area 2 is a division of the Nevada Test Site in the Mojave Desert. The area is located 18 miles south-west of Area 51.

Area 2 was the site of 144 tests comprising 169 detonations.^[1] Shot "Gabbs" a detonation test, was intended for early 1993 but was cancelled in 1992 due to a pre-emptive stop of testing based around the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.^[2]

Gallery

Tower of the Gabbs test

References

^ U.S. Department of Energy / Nevada Operations Office, United States Nuclear Tests - July 1945 through September 1992, December 2000, DOE/NV--209-REV 15
^ National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office, Nevada Test Site Guide, March 2005, DOE/NV-715 Rev 1

37°08′17″N 116°04′25″W / 37.13796°N 116.07353°W / 37.13796; -116.07353

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[DOE/NV-209-1] U.S. Department of Energy / Nevada Operations Office, United States Nuclear Tests - July 1945 through September 1992, December 2000, DOE/NV--209-REV 15

[DOE/NV-1212-2] National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office, Nevada Test Site Guide, March 2005, DOE/NV-715 Rev 1

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