Bunker at a testing site for the Advanced Reentry Vehicle Fusing System at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in Butte County, Idaho. (Library of Congress)
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Orford Ness. Picture by David Merrett.
During the 1950s the British Ministry of Defence built a nuclear research facility at Orford Ness, a 45 hectare natural pebble spit off the east coast of England. Laboratories with 15 feet thick concrete walls were constructed to vibration test, drop test, cook, spin and assemble nuclear weapons. View this on the map