Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion - HISTORY: On September 19, 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile