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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 as well. Tests often shook the ground under Las Vegans and guests. Alan Gegax is too young to reme...