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Site Summary for the Nellis Air Force Base (Lake Mead Base) Nevada "Former" Weapons Storage Area (1995)
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Thirteen former Weapon Storage Areas (WSAs) were built between 1948 and 1956 for the storage, maintenance, and operational read iness of the nuclear weapon stockpile. The former WSAs were operated under joint Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Department of Defense agreements. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) had technical responsibility for the AEC weapons and their nuclear components. AEC and SNL personnel left the WSAs in 1960 and the WSAs were transferred to their host base by 1966. These...