“This ‘Survival Town’ house, some 7,500 feet from a 29-kiloton nuclear detonation, remained essentially intact. Survival Town consisted of houses, office buildings, fallout shelters, power systems, communications equipment, radio broadcasting station,and trailer homes. The town was built for a Civil Defense exercise and not previously subjected to a nuclear blast. The test, called Apple II, was fired on May 5, 1955.

Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office”

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