ABSTRACT
Anti-nuclear protests are public actions of the nuclear disarmament movement, a social campaign that reached its apex during the Cold War in the latter half of the twentieth century. Whether in the United States or elsewhere, activists would carry placards and chant slogans as they marched to or gathered at a location, usually a government building or facility that had ties to nuclear testing and policy. The Nevada Test Site, 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, was one of these facilities. In spite of its remote location, it became a focal point for anti-nuclear and pro-peace activists because it was the U.S. continental nuclear weapons testing ground. Over a span of 41 years (1951–1992), 100 atmospheric and 828 underground tests were conducted there.
