A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. NPR's science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel was among them. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...

Frenchman Flat was home to 100 atmospheric nuclear tests that were conducted to examine these weapons’ effects and how the height of burst impacted the weapons. Blasts could be seen from Las ...

The Frenchman Fire — so named due to its proximity to the Frenchman Flat area — was initially estimated at 50 acres, but county fire officials later put its size at 75 acres. No injuries were ...

The Frenchman Fire — so named due to its proximity to the Frenchman Flat area — was initially estimated at 50 acres, but ...

mi. testing ground on the remote and barren plateau northwest of Las Vegas known as Frenchman Flat. It was the first atomic explosion in the U.S. since the historic test at Alamogordo in 1945.