Photo Library - Big Hole Drilling

The need to drill large-diameter holes at the Nevada National Security Site resulted from the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), signed by President John F. Kennedy in Moscow on August 5, 1963. The LTBT prohibited testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, underwater and in outer space. As a result, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy weapons laboratories had to relocate all test packages underground, which required the creation of deep emplacement holes in a multitude of depths and diameters.

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Thumbnail Category Number Date Drilling Drilling Drilling Drilling Drilling , Underground Testing NF-13773 Drilling NF-1341 Drilling NF-1411 Drilling NF-424 Drilling NF-4558 Drilling NF-4559 Drilling NF-52 Drilling NF-660

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Date Last Modified: April 25, 2012