ABSTRACT
A hallmark of the twentieth century was the exponential growth of technological innovation. With two world wars and a worldwide Cold War, international competition was intense to develop and apply new technology in order to maintain military superiority. The development of nuclear energy led to one of the most significant twentieth-century military inventions, the atomic bomb. During the Cold War, nuclear-related tests were conducted over forty-one years in the state of Nevada in the southwestern United States with the aim of refining nuclear capabilities. The built environment associated with this testing is a physical record of the events that occurred at this location, endeavours that were regionally, nationally and globally significant.
