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Map of major U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure sites during the Cold War and into the present. Places with grayed-out names are no longer functioning and are in various stages of environmental remediation. Created using Image:Map of USA with state names.svg as a base. See that link for the full attribution details.
English: World map showing major nuclear weapon free zones and their areas of application. The geometry was created using custom Python code following written descriptions in the relevant treaties. Base geometry from Natural Earth, Natural Earth I projection.
File:Blank_US_Map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL 2009-11-05T19:44:02Z NuclearVacuum 959x593 (91518 Bytes) minor fix from previous upload 2009-11-05T19:39:42Z NuclearVacuum 959x593 (88399 Bytes) Fixed up the borders so they are connected with each state and loosing that gap between them.
A nuclear-free zone is an area in which nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants are banned. The specific ramifications of these depend on the locale in question, but are generally distinct from nuclear-weapon-free zones, in that the latter only bans nuclear weapons but may permit nuclear power.
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war that originally circulated in 2015 is making the rounds again, amid the Russian war in Ukraine.. The map indicates ...
Nuclear safety in the United States is governed by federal regulations issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC regulates all nuclear plants and materials in the United States except for nuclear plants and materials controlled by the U.S. government, as well those powering naval vessels.
SEE ALSO: The 6 Best Places to Live in the Event of Nuclear War To use the map, simply type in your address and zip code and choose your bomb of choice. The visualization can show you how the ...
To keep the nuclear complex secret, the government barred trespassers and set up a buffer zone. The White Bluffs near the Hanford Site. Greg Vaughn /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images