1996 NTS EIS - Volume 1 is hosted on Idealist in two different formats.  (Volume 3 - the public comment section - can be viewed at the bottom of the page.)

Other ways to access 1996 NTS EIS here

1.) The easiest version to view and read Volume 1 is the HTML-version.  You can access the Table of Contents here or jump to specific sections below; links to the Summary and Readers Guide are provided in each chapter

An overview of the EIS and its relationship to other environmental documents	Chapter 1
A description of the purpose and need for the Department's actions and the goals to be accomplished	Chapter 2
A description of each alternative	Chapter 3
A description of the affected environments	Chapter 4
A description of the impacts associated with each alternative	Chapter 5
An analysis of the anticipated cumulative impacts to the environment	Chapter 6
A discussion of possible methods to minimize, reduce, and prevent impacts from each of the alternatives	Chapter 7
A list of contributing and cooperating agencies and their roles	Chapter 8
A list of those who prepared this EIS	Chapter 9

2.) You can also view the EIS - Volumes 1, 2 and 3 -  in page-by-page PDF format below:

Volume 1 

• Summary - or jump to sections:  S  S-13 S-33

• Reader's Guide

• Table of Contents or jump to sections: toc xv

• Chapter 1

• Chapter 2

• Chapter 3

• Chapter 4 - or jump to sections: 4-1 4-20 4-40 4-60 4-80 4-100 4-120 4-140 4-160 4-180 4-200 4-220 4-240 4-260 

• Chapter 5 - or jump to sections: 5-1 5-20 5-40 5-60 5-80 5-100 5-120 5-140 5-160 5-180 5-200 5-220

• Chapter 6

• Chapter 7

• Chapter 8

• Chapter 9

• Glossary

• Acronyms

• Measurements and Conversions

• Index

• Volume 1 Appendices A-F Table of Contents

• Appendix A or jump to sections:  A-1 A-20 A-40 A-60

• Appendix B  

• Appendix C  

• Appendix D

• Appendix E

• Appendix F

• Appendix G or jump to sections:  G-i G-1 G-20 G-40 G-60 G-attachment a G-attachment b G-attachment c

• Appendix H or jump to sections:  H-i H-summary H-1 H-2 H-3 H-4 H-5 H-6 H-7 H-attachment a

• Appendix I or jump to sections:  I-i I-summary I-1 I-2 I-3 I-4 I-attachment a I-att b I-att c I-att d I-att e I-att f

VOLUME 2 - This is a pdf file that was scanned from micro-film; we plan on improving this at a later date

-Volume 2

VOLUME 3 -Comments (grouped by categories)

NOTE: MOST files need to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise, BUT don't fret, just look at the Adobe toolbar for the rotate icon 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Federal Agencies

Sovereign Nations

State Governments

Companies

Steve Alastuey

UNLV

UNLV2

UNLV3

CAB

NTS Development Corp

Campaign for Nevada's Future

NRDC

Citizen Alert

Sierra Club (chapter)

ALT 2 Subcommittee

Citizens for Radiation Free Environment

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EIS Presentation - Las Vegas - 3-26-96

Public Hearing - St. George - 3-05-96

Public Hearing - Pahrump - 3-13-96

Public Hearing - Reno - 3-19-96

Public Hearing - Las Vegas - 3-26-96

Public Hearing 2 - Las Vegas - 3-28-96

Workshop notes

Other ways to access 1996 NTS EIS:

MAIL/CD -You can order a hard-copy - if copies still exist - and also a CD-ROM of the 1996 NTS EIS (DOE/EIS-0243) by mail or email.  

Email:  publicaffairs@nv.doe.gov

Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, Environmental Protection Division, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518

LIBRARY- The EIS can be read in the DOE Public Reading Room, and the Las Vegas, Carson City, Tonopah, Doris Shirkey, Caliente, Churchill County, White Pine, Goldfield, Dyer, and Silver Peak Public Libraries, UN-Reno, UNLV, CSN campuses, and St. George's library.

Federal Depository - There may be a local/regional federal depository near you that hosts a large collection of Dept. of Energy microfiche files - it would be in the 'E' section in the metallic cabinets.  Call ahead or check the online catalog (you're looking for the 'Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada,' doc# DOE/EIS-0243 Vol 1; Vol 2 should be there as well).  The 1996 NTS EIS is VERY LONG, so the microfiche isn't the best way to view it. Find your local depository.  

Contact us if you require a pdf copy.

In 2008 and 2009 the DOE took all versions of the 1996 NTS EIS offline.

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NTS 'fallout' maps

Nevada nuclear testing trajectory maps:�Fallout trajectory maps only illustrate the approximate altitude and path (and in some cases speed) of a radioactive cloud; they are drawn based on data recorded by radiological technicians aboard aircraft, or from other types of data. What these maps don't show is the decaying radioactive composition of the cloud; for example, a cloud may be 50% less radioactive in Minnesota than when it was formed in Nevada...trajectory maps don't show that.���

• Ranger Test Series, January - February 1951

• Buster - Jangle Test Series, October - November 1951 

• Tumbler - Snapper Test Series, April - June 1952

• Upshot-Knothole Test Series, March - June 1953 

• Teapot Test Series, February - May 1955 

• Hardtack Test Series, September - October 1958 

• Plumbbob Series (May - October 1957): Franklin Lassen Wilson Priscilla Hood Diablo John Kepler Owens Stokes Shasta  Doppler FranklinPrime Smoky Galileo Wheeler LaPlace Fizeau Newton Rainier Whitney Charleston Morgan

 

• Fallout plumes from Nevada - by Richard Miller    (click to enlarge)    [learn about Miller's map] 

• Composite fallout maps for Upshot-Knothole series and Plumbbob series  

• Baneberry cloud trajectory

• nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site 
• above-ground shallow-subsurface blasts at Nevada Test Site
• all underground tests at Nevada Test Site
• areas of surface soil contamination (NAFR + Nevada Test Site)

• NTS Underground test locations and numbers (of tests)

• NTS and Tonopah areas

• Tonopah Test Range detail

• NTS fault map

• Newe Sogobia

• NTS and surrounding land use (1996)

• NTS land withdrawal map

• NTS land withdrawal map legend
  Topography of Nevada Test Site

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