![]() The Richland Junior Chamber of Commerce produced a brochure to accompany the “Atomic Frontier Days” that were held during the first week in September of 1948. ![]() The Sedan Crater is the largest man-made crater in the United States, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more US residents than any other nuclear test. Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on 6 July 1962 as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. Over 10,000 visitors per year visit the crater through free monthly tours offered by the U.S. The crater is the result of the displacement of 12,000,000 short tons (1.4×1010 cu yd) earth. The crater is a man-made object that can be seen from earth orbit with the unaided eye. The crater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1994. ![]() Sedan Crater is the result of the Sedan nuclear test and is located within the Nevada Test Site, just 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Groom Lake, Nevada (Area 51). I believe that the Sedan poster gives us a clue to the fictional location of Nuketown.
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