NNSA-NSO-1440 - A man standing on a ladder next to a truck
Flatbed trailer is survey for contamination following the unloading of metal boxes containing low-level waste that were disposed in cell 10 at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1444 - A man in a hard hat is working on a bulldozer
Excavated soil surveyed for radioactive contamination and sampled at the Environmental Protection Agency Farm in Area 15 of the Nevada Test Site (Corrective Action Unit 543)
NNSA-NSO-1445 - A man in an orange safety vest is digging a hole in th...
A radiation technician conducts a spot survey on debris at Corrective Action Unit 511, Site A located on the Nevada Test Site
NNSA-NSO-1498 - A man standing in front of a large truck
Radiological Control Technician takes a swipe survey to check for any removable contamination on a metal box containing mixed low-level radioactive waste received from Idaho National Laboratory on April 11, 2006
NNSA-NSO-1501 - A man standing next to a white truck in a dirt field
Radiological Control Technician conducts a survey on drum containing mixed low-level radioactive waste prior to permanent disposal in the Mixed Waste Disposal Unit located within the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Rad... More
NNSA-NSO-226, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Remnants of a 500-foot tower used to support an atomic device tested at Nevada Test Site. Shown at Ground Zero measuring gamma radiation with two meters is SFC Leo R. Lanz, First Radiological Safety Un... More
NNSA-NSO-227, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT/APPLE - Remnants of a 500 foot tower. Rad-Safe Technician Monitor holds a T-1B (ion chamber) radioactive monitoring survey meter. The T1-B measures gamma radiation at zero point.
NNSA-NSO-229 - A man standing in front of a pile of debris
TEAPOT - March 26, 1955 - Remnant of a 300 foot tower used to support an atomic device tested at Nevada Test Site. (Neg at ALOO) (JOTI photo)
NNSA-NSO-354 - A group of men standing next to a truck
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - May 5, 1955 - Ground monitors starting survey of Ground Zero of May 5, 1955 Open Test - the APPLE-2 Event, Nevada Test Site.
NNSA-NSO-356 - A group of men standing on top of a dirt field
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - May 5, 1955 - Operation ARME field team completing radiological ground survey of area 4700 feet from Ground Zero of Open Test fired May 5, 1955.
NNSA-NSO-357 - Three men standing next to each other on a dirt road
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - May 5, 1955 - Field group near Ground Zero of Open Test, APPLE-2 Event, May 5, 1955, assisting the ground monitoring survey being conducted in the area.
NNSA-NSO-360, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - March 18, 1955 - Shown here is a Rad-Safe technician ready to go to work.
NNSA-NSO-361 - A group of men kneeling down next to a sign
TEAPOT - March 18, 1955 - Mercury, NV - March 19, 1955 - In their specially-designed protective clothing Private Roland Lancaster of Fairfield, IA, left & Corporal Charles Stout, Nashville, TN check their equip... More
NNSA-NSO-592 - A group of men standing on top of a grass covered field
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - Field crew monitoring Ground Zero area of May 5, 1955 Open Shot, APPLE-2 Event, at the Nevada Test Site.
NNSA-NSO-593 - A couple of men standing next to each other
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - Robert L. Corsbie, Director and Fred Wilson, Assistant to Technical Director, monitoring damaged tower member near Ground zero fired May 5, 1955 Open Shot.
NNSA-NSO-596 - A black and white photo of a group of men
TEAPOT/APPLE-2 - May 5, 1955 - Group discussing ground survey of area near ground zero of Open Shot, the APPLE-2 Event.
Indian Springs air force base - NNSA-NSO-896
Indian Springs AFB. After each nuclear detonation at the Nevada Proving Grounds during the AEC's periodic continental tests, United States Air Force planes are checked carefully by airmen of the Air Force Spec... More
NNSA-NSO-923, Atomic Bomb Test Site
2nd Lt. Alfred L. Gain, uses the Geiger Counter for measuring the contamination of Signal Corps Photographer Cpl. Arthur Cohen. Lt. Gais is with the 6th Army Chemical Biological Radiological School to work with... More
NTS - EPA Farm 006, Atomic Bomb Test Site
An Environmental Protection Agency monitor with detector checks for radioactivity on a rancher’s hay. The EPA routinely collects samples of milk, air and water around the NTS and analyzes them in its Las Vegas... More
Plumbbob Rainier 013 - A group of men working on a piece of metal
PLUMBBOB - 1957 - NEVADA TEST SITE -- A core sample from the RAINIER Event area is monitored for radioactivity in the room where the tunnel now ends. Previous core samples are shown in the box at left.
Plumbbob Rainier 014 - A couple of men standing next to each other
PLUMBBOB - September 19, 1957 - NEVADA TEST SITE - RAINIER EVENT -- A close up of radiation-safety monitors checking the air at the mouth of the tunnel a few minutes after this morning's detonation. The monito... More
Transuranic waste casks
CATEGORY: Transuranic Waste - Waste Management - EM DESCRIPTION: Nevada and California Highway Patrol Officers conduct radiological surveys and mechanical inspections on the first Nevada Test Site transuranic w... More
110325-F-NW653-158 C-130H radiation screening at Yokota
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Two members of the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bio-environmental flight scan a returned C-130H Hercules for radiation at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 25, 2011. The screening se... More
Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 in f...
A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King (BuNo 151545) from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 (HC-1) "Pacific Fleet Angels" in flight during an aerial radiation survey on Bikini Atoll, 15 November 1978.
Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 in fli...
A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King (BuNo 151545) from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 (HC-1) "Pacific Fleet Angels" in flight during an aerial radiation survey on Bikini Atoll, 15 November 1978.
HD.6C.050 (11856831003)
Emergency Radiation Team members from AEC's Hanford Works demonstrate that they are prepared to measure high or low level radioactive contamination should it get out of the hundreds of users of radioactive iso... More
A member of the Strategic Air Command Disaster Response Force checks a...
A member of the Strategic Air Command Disaster Response Force checks an aircraft for possible "radiation exposure" during Exercise Global Shield.