Websites:

DOE/NV Test Site
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/default.htm
Established as the Atomic Energy Commission's on-continent proving ground, the Nevada Test Site has seen more than four decades of nuclear weapons testing.

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/enviro/eis-0243/
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Location in the State of Nevada.

History of the Nevada Test Site
http://rex.nci.nih.gov/massmedia/Fallout/Chapter2.pdf
History of the Nevada Test Site and Nuclear Testing Background.

National Cancer Institute: Radioactive I-131 from Fallout
http://cancer.gov/i131
Information and resources for Americans exposed to I-131 (a form of radioactive iodine) through fallout from above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and early 60s.

Nevada Test Site
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/nts.htm
Information about the site and the history of nuclear weapons testing in Nevada.

Nevada Test Site Issues
http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/nts.htm
Information on the environmental impact of nuclear tests in Nevada.

Books:

McNamara, R. (1986). Blundering into disaster: surviving the first century of the nuclear age. New York: Pantheon Books.
Call Number: UA10 .M39 1986

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