There are many things that have defined Nevada over time: the Kit Carson trail, the legalization of gaming and loosening of ...

Thomas Hunt, M.D., associate professor of family and community with the University of Nevada School of Medicine and Nevada program director for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program ...

The Nevada desert once scarred by mushroom clouds now shelters a surprisingly rich web of life, with scientists documenting roughly 1,500 plant and animal species inside the former nuclear proving ...

Now called the Nevada National Security Site, the former test range covers roughly 1,360 square miles in southeastern Nye County, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. It remains heavily restricted, ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright declared Sunday that President Donald Trump’s order to start testing the U.S. nuclear arsenal will not include nuclear “explosions” in the Nevada desert. Trump created ...

Southern Nevada’s Congressional delegation is calling on the Trump administration to “reaffirm” the United States’ decadeslong moratorium on explosive nuclear testing, which was concentrated in Nevada ...

NORTH RUPERT, Vt. (NEWS10) — Atomic veterans are soldiers who were sent into nuclear tests during the 1950s and 60s, often just miles from the blast — with no protective gear and no warning. NEWS10’s ...

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration furloughing 1,400 federal workers as part of the shutdown, which began Oct. 1, during a news conference ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to ...