Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

A semi tractor-trailer leaves after waste was off loaded in the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site of the Nevada National Security Site (N2S2), previously the Nevada Test Site, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas on Feb. 1, 2011. The waste came from Oak Ridge, Tenn, about 2,200 miles away.

Steve Marcus

A semi tractor-trailer leaves after waste was off loaded in the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site of the Nevada National Security Site (N2S2), previously the Nevada Test Site, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas on Feb. 1, 2011. The waste came from Oak Ridge, Tenn, about 2,200 miles away.