For nearly half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a fierce battle although no shots were actually fired. Starting in the 1940s, both started developing their arsenal of nuclear weapons, in preparation for an all-out nuclear war. The U.S. government primarily used a patch of land in Nye, NV, that was formerly a military base, to conduct their tests. It was flat with few animals nearby. It seemed far from civilization and wasn’t adjacent to any water streams, which the government thought would minimize the spread of contamination that would be generated from the above-ground blasts. In other words, the site seemed to be perfect.

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核武器测试的未知人类健康遗产

近半个世纪以来，美苏双方虽未开枪，却陷入了一场激战。从 1940 年代开始，两国都开始发展核武器库，为全面核战争做准备。美国政府主要使用内华达州奈市的一块土地进行测试，那里以前是一个军事基地。它是平坦的，附近几乎没有动物。它似乎远离文明，也不毗邻任何水流，政府认为这可以最大限度地减少地面爆炸产生的污染扩散。换句话说，该网站似乎是完美的。