Editing Nevada Test Site (section)

==Modern usage==
[[File:NNSA-NSO-1189.jpg|thumb|[[Weapon of mass destruction|WMD]]/counter-terrorism training exercise at the site.]]
The site continues to be used for nuclear weapons research and development. This includes subcritical testing. These tests are conducted jointly by [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]], and the British [[Atomic Weapons Establishment]]. A recent one was ''Ediza'' (2019),<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Nolan |url=https://www.llnl.gov/news/subcritical-experiment-captures-scientific-measurements-advance-stockpile-safety |title=Subcritical experiment captures scientific measurements to advance stockpile safety |work=[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory|LLNL]] |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105120717/https://www.llnl.gov/news/subcritical-experiment-captures-scientific-measurements-advance-stockpile-safety |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Nightshade A'' (2020).<ref>{{cite report |last1=Danielson |first1=Jeremy |last2=Bauer |first2=Amy L. |title=Nightshade Prototype Experiments (Silverleaf) |work=[[Los Alamos National Laboratory|LANL]] |publisher=[[Office of Scientific and Technical Information|OSTI]] |date=September 2016 |doi=10.2172/1338708|osti=1338708 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1338708 }}</ref>

The site offers monthly public tours, often booked months in advance. Visitors are not allowed to bring cameras, binoculars, or cell phones, nor are they permitted to pick up rocks for souvenirs.<ref>[http://www.nv.doe.gov/outreach/tours.aspx U.S. DOE/NNSA – Nevada Site Office, Nevada National Security Site Tours] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219203650/http://www.nv.doe.gov/outreach/tours.aspx |date=February 19, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nevada National Security Site |url=https://nnss.gov/pages/PublicAffairsOutreach/NNSStours.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=nnss.gov |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315102549/https://nnss.gov/pages/PublicAffairsOutreach/NNSStours.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

While there are no longer any explosive tests of nuclear weapons at the site, there is still testing done to determine the viability of the United States' aging nuclear arsenal. Additionally, the site is the location of the Area&nbsp;5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex, which sorts and stores low-level [[radioactive waste]] that is not [[Transuranium element|transuranic]] and has a half life of less than 20 years.

The Radiological/Nuclear WMD Incident Exercise Site (T-1) replicates multiple terrorist radiological incidents with train, plane, automobile, truck, and helicopter props. It is located in Area 1, at the former site of tests EASY, SIMON, APPLE-2, and GALILEO.<ref>[http://www.ctosnnsa.org/WMDIncidentSite.html Counter Terrorism Operations Support – WMD Incident Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725212515/http://www.ctosnnsa.org/WMDIncidentSite.html |date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref>