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As Oppenheimer took over the silver screen this summer, the people dealing with the fallout of the nuclear testing that began with the bomb the film depicted got a reminder

The people dealing with the fallout of the nuclear testing in Nevada got a reminder — they only had a year left to apply for compensation for health ailments they believe could be linked to the bombs.

Dorothy Vanderford spent her whole life working behind the scenes.

A new movie directed by lauded filmmaker Christopher Nolan that hit theaters Friday follows the story of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who oversaw a massive, secret project to build the world's first atomic bomb.

Deadmau5, Los Bukis, Shamir, Too Short, Banks and more in this week’s Superguide.

The world is on nuclear watch as tensions rise over the attacks on Ukraine. Vladimir Putin, the Russian President is putting his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert and now many in the valley are wondering what will happen next.

We are surrounded by history here in Southern Nevada -- the good, the bad and the important. And Nevada’s atomic history is part of it at the National Atomic Testing Museum located just minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip on East Flamingo Road.

  The Nevada National Security Site might not ring a bell right away, most people will know it better by its previous name: the Nevada Test Site. There was a time when that empty desert was shut down primarily for nuclear tests. More than 1,000 nuclear devices were tested there. The mushroom clouds that could be easily seen from the Las Vegas Strip quickly became featured tourist attractions. If you weren’t lucky enough to catch one from a window, the effects of the explosions could be felt ...