 BREN Tower BREN Tower is a guyed steel framework mast, 465 meters (1,527 feet) high, on the Nevada Test Site in Nevada, USA. "BREN" stands for "Bare Reactor Experiment, Nevada." Image File history File links Simulated Japanese houses sit at the base of the 1,527-foot BREN Tower. ...
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The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of Las Vegas, near 37°07′ N 116°03′ W. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Ground the site, established on January 11, 1951...
State nickname: Silver State, Battle Born State (official) Other U.S. States Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Governor Kenny Guinn Official languages None Area 286,367 km² (7th) - Land 284,396 km² - Water 1,971 km² (0. ...
Despite its immense size, the tower has actually been moved from its original location. Built by the Dresser-Ideco Company for the Atomic Energy Commission, it was first erected in 1962 in the atomic bomb test area at Yucca Flat, where it was used for an experiment intended to improve understanding the effects of radiation in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A bare (unshielded) nuclear reactor on a hoist car could be moved to different heights on the tower; Japanese-type houses were built near the base of the tower and were bombarded with various intensities of radiation. Almost a year after World War II ended, Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. ...
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Citizens of Hiroshima walk by the A-Bomb Dome, the closest building to have survived the citys atomic bombing. ...
Nuclear power station at Leibstadt, Switzerland. ...
After the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty banned open-air nuclear testing, the tower was dismantled and moved to Jackass Flats in Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site, where it was used for Operation HENRE (High Energy Neutron Reactions Experiment), a series of radiation measurement experiments using a small linear accelerator to provide neutrons. It still stands at Jackass Flats, at 36° 46′ 48″ N 116° 14′ 33″ W. The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water, often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), or Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT), although the former also refers to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), is a treaty...
Jackass Flats, Nevada (USA) is located at coordinates latitude 36. ...
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Constructed of 51 thirty-foot sections of high tensile steel, the structure is higher than the 1,472-foot Empire State Building. It is supported by 5 1/2 miles of guy wires designed to withstand winds exceeding 120 miles per hour. The tower is equipped with an outside hoist to lift scientific equipment, and a two-person elevator inside the tower moves at 100 feet per minute. The tower weighs 345 tons. The Empire State Building Entrance lobby The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates and built in 1931. ...
The structure is now owned by the Department of Energy and maintained by Bechtel. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ...
Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest civil engineering company in the world. ...
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