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 ...

President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada congressional Democrats. It’s unclear exactly what directive Trump gave in a Wednesday ...

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 ...

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...

Senator Jacky Rosen, Democrat of Nevada, warned that resuming nuclear testing would have dire consequences WASHINGTON, October 31. /TASS/. Lawmakers from Nevada in both houses of the US Congress said ...

The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep underground in Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour. (National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada ...