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+{{Organization
+|OrganizationName=Nevada Test Site
+|OrganizationType=Government Corporations (Sub-organization)
+|Mission=The Nevada National Security Site supports national security by conducting subcritical experiments, environmental management, and nuclear nonproliferation activities, ensuring the safety and effectiveness of the nuclear weapons stockpile without full-scale nuclear tests.
+|ParentOrganization=National Nuclear Security Administration
+|TopOrganization=Department of Energy
+|Employees=2500
+|Budget=$1.6 billion [2025 FY]
+|OrganizationExecutive=Site Manager
+|Services=Subcritical Experiments; Environmental Management; Nuclear Nonproliferation; Radiation Detection; Waste Management
+|HeadquartersLocation=37.11662, -116.18878
+|HeadquartersAddress=232 Energy Way, North Las Vegas, NV 89030
+|Website=https://www.nnss.gov
+}}
 {{Short description|US Department of Energy reservation in Nevada}}
-.11662027774479, -116.1887848723846
 The '''Nevada National Security Sites''' ('''N2S2'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/nevada-test-site-north-of-las-vegas-gets-new-name-nevada-national-security-site-or-n2s2/| title=Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas gets new name: Nevada National Security Site, or N2S2| website=[[Fox News]]| date=2015-03-20| access-date=July 27, 2017| archive-date=August 1, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801000912/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/23/nevada-test-site-north-las-vegas-gets-new-nevada-national-security-site-ns.html| url-status=live}}</ref> or '''NNSS'''), popularized as the '''Nevada Test Site''' ('''NTS''') until 2010,<ref>{{cite news |title=Nevada nuclear bomb site given new name |date=August 23, 2010 |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/23/Nevada-nuclear-bomb-site-given-new-name/UPI-39551282594195/ |access-date=August 23, 2010 |work=[[United Press International]] |archive-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827144415/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/23/Nevada-nuclear-bomb-site-given-new-name/UPI-39551282594195 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a reservation of the [[United States Department of Energy]] located in the southeastern portion of [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]], Nevada, about {{cvt|65|mi|km}} northwest of the city of [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]].
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 ==History==
 [[File:Wfm area51 map en.png|thumb|250px|A map that details the [[Federal lands|federal land]] in southern Nevada, showing the site]]
-The site was established as a {{convert|680|sqmi|adj=on}} area by President [[Harry S. Truman]] on December 18, 1950, within the [[Nevada Test and Training Range|Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range]].
+The site was established as a {{convert|680|sqmi|adj=on}} area by President Harry S. Truman on December 18, 1950, within the [[Nevada Test and Training Range|Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range]].
 ===1951–1992===