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1965-1971 Nuclear weapons tested in Aleutian Islands Map
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-19 at 5.49.57 PM_thumb.png2022-10-20T00:51:38+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4912The Atomic Energy Commission begins detonating nuclear weapons on Amchitka Island, part of the Aleutian Islands of southwest Alaska. The island is currently uninhabited, but evidence of past human occupation there dates back 2,500 years. When Amchitka lacks the right geological conditions for some of the tests, the program is expanded to Nevada.plain2022-10-20T00:58:14+00:001965Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49