Editing Nevada Test Site (section)

===Area 15===
[[File:NTS - EPA Farm 003.jpg|thumb|[[Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] farm in Area&nbsp;15]]
Three underground detonations took place in area 15 in the 1960s.<ref name="DOE/NV-209" />

''Pile Driver'' was a notable [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] test. A large underground installation was built to study the survivability of hardened underground bunkers undergoing a nuclear attack. Information from the test was used in designing hardened missile silos and the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] facility in Colorado Springs.<ref name="DOE/NV-715" />

The abandoned Crystal and Climax mines are found in Area 15. Storage tanks hold contaminated materials.<ref name="DOE/NV-715" />

From 1964 to 1981, the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] operated a {{convert|36|acre|m2|adj=on}} experimental farm in Area&nbsp;15. Extensive plant and soil studies evaluated the uptake of pollutants in farm-grown vegetables and from the forage eaten by a dairy herd of some 30 [[Holstein Friesian cattle|Holstein cows]]. Scientists also studied horses, pigs, goats, and chickens.<ref name="DOE/NV-715" />