Tour of Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas

Date- 2003 Source- https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/video/atomic_testing_museum.html

A collection of shorts regarding a tour of the Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas.

'The Nevada Test Site (NTS) constitutes an important chapter in the history of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Even though the two locations are separated by hundreds of miles, they are intertwined by their mission to develop the nation's nuclear deterrent.

A new museum, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the NTS, is now open in Las Vegas. The permanent exhibits won't be ready until late 2004. But LLNL got a preview tour, and a chance to talk about the history of the period, with Cold War veterans from both sides of the Iron Curtain.'

0.00
News Nob -- Media came here to see the early tests.

1:13
Soviets -- A visit from the USSR verification team.

2:02
Test Device -- Replica of the platform used for underground tests.

3:09
Underground -- Simulating the underground test caverns.

3:54
Control Room -- Researchers and techs await the countdown.

5:14
Farm -- The Site's own wheat field and dairy cow herd.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• nevada
• nuclear
• tests
• weapons
• bomb
• fission

[qed100]

@uturniaphobic I don't recall that I did. But whether the Museum does or doesn't, that's a matter for you to discuss with the Curator. I'm not here to tell you how clean the water is. Neither is the Museum. It doesn't go to any length to reassure people that bomb testing was benign. It does just the opposite: It tells of how that episode in history played a role in shaping our culture, which has repercussions in Society to this day. It doesn't heap praise on bomb testing.

[uturniaphobic]

@qed100 ok I'd say a true documentation would include ramifications such as the ground water radiation. did you see that mentioned in this museum?

[qed100]

@uturniaphobic It doesn't honor atomic testing; it documents it. There is some considerable difference. I've been to this museum. It doesn't exalt the boundless virtues of nuclear weapons and testing. It's only a history lesson.

[uturniaphobic]

@uturniaphobic There are actual credible reports talking about s. Nevada ground water contamination left from above surface and below ground nuclear testing. there's one just recently from Global Report saying traces are still hazardous in many places. it's here on You tube. much of the strontium 90 (generated exclusively from nuclear detonation) still floats in the upper atmosphere too and in the water. it's probably in our bones and teeth now.

[marcuspinson]

@uturniaphobic will do (the radiation levels are well below hazardous)

[uturniaphobic]

@marcuspinson well by all means... drink up

[marcuspinson]

@uturniaphobic the halflife of atomic radiation is only 40 years (the radiation is almost depleated)

[barriobajaj]

Most of the older gentlemen conducting the tours actually worked at the test facilities back in the '50's and '60's.

[uturniaphobic]

there is actually a museum to honer this fiasco?

before praising success perhaps check out the Nevada water tables...they're radiated for the next million years so thank for that, sickos

[unicron24]

cool fallout grain fed to cows,,,, no wonder why theres mad cow desease