Routine Actions at the Central Nevada Test Area CX(s) Applied: B1.3, B3.1 Date: 12/14/2011 Location(s): Nevada Offices(s): Legacy Management
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 14, 2011
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Routine Actions at the Central Nevada Test Area
CX(s) Applied: B1.3, B3.1
Date: 12/14/2011
Location(s): Nevada
Offices(s): Legacy Management
The Office of Legacy Management conducts routine activities at three parcels (UC-1, UC -3, and UC-4), which are collectively called the Central Nevada Test Area (CNTA). The sites are located in south-central Nevada in Nye County, approximately 30 miles north of Warm Springs. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (predecessor agency to the DOE) acquired the CNTA in the early 1960s to develop alternative sites to the Nevada Test site for underground nuclear testing. Three emplacement boreholes (UC-1, UC-3 and UC-4) were drilled on the three parcels for underground nuclear testing. Only one underground nuclear test was conducted in borehole UC-1; the UC-3 and UC-4 boreholes were reclaimed.