The NNSA has recently given the public a rare glimpse into one of the secret nuclear labs where America used to test its ...

In addition to highlighting the need for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Dave Crete’s story highlights the dangers of explosive nuclear testing ...

On this day 74 years ago, nuclear testing kicked off at the Nevada Test Site, just 65 miles north of Las Vegas.

nuclear testing was moved to sites—primarily the Nevada Test Site (now called the Nevada National Security Site), north of Las Vegas—deep underground, where nuclear effects could be better ...

The next steps in the fatal midair plane and helicopter crash investigation. And, why nuclear testing could ramp up in the U.S., as well as a look inside the secret lab where weapons testing happens.

The United States maintains an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons ... NPR's Geoff Brumfiel got a peek into the testing program in the desert outside Las Vegas. (SOUNDBITE OF CAR DRIVING ...

Thousands of feet underground, in a laboratory northwest of Las Vegas, the U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research. Nuclear testing seems like a Cold War relic ...