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The pages for each of these locations are by no means meant to be all encompassing to their history, only what is related to the storage, movement, development, design, manufacture, and ancillary support of nuclear weapons.

  • Fort McClellan32.1
  • Grand Bay32.1
  • Huntsville32.1
  • Montgomery32.1
  • Redstone Arsenal32.1
  • Clear Air Force Station
  • Eareckson Air Station
  • Eielson Air Force Base
  • Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
  • Ira Eaker Air Force Base18.1
  • Little Rock Air Force Base
  • Alameda Naval Air Station
  • Beale Air Force Base
  • Camp Roberts
  • Castle Air Force Base18.2
  • China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center
  • Concord Naval Weapons Station16.1
  • Edwards Air Force Base
  • Energy Technology Engineer Center
  • Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
  • Fort Ord
  • Hamilton Air Force Base13.1
  • Hunters Point Naval Shipyard26.1
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • March Air Reserve Base
  • Mare Island Naval Shipyard
  • Mather Air Force Base18.2
  • Moffett Field Naval Air Station
  • North Island Naval Air Station18.2
  • Onizuka Air Force Station
  • Oxnard Air Force Base13.2
  • Point Mugu
  • Point Loma Naval Weapons Station
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
  • Sierra Army Depot14.1
  • Travis Air Force Base18.2
  • Vandenberg Space Force Base
  • Aurora Air Force Base
  • Fort Carson
  • Lowry Air Force Base
  • NORAD
  • Peterson Air Force Base
  • Rocky Flats
  • Schriever Air Force Base
  • Uravan Mine
  • Groton Naval Submarine Base
  • Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
  • Naval Air Station Cecil Field17.1
  • Eglin Air Force Base
  • Jacksonville Naval Air Station
  • Mayport Naval Station
  • Patrick Air Force Base
  • Pinellas Plant23.3
  • Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base18.3
  • Robins Air Force Base
  • Barbers Point Naval Air Station18.1
  • Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility
  • Hickam Air Force Base
  • Kahoolawe Island
  • Pearl Harbor Naval Station
  • Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station
  • West Loch Annex; Naval Magazine Lualualei18.1
  • Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
  • Mountain Home Air Force Base23.4
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • General Steel Industries27.3
  • Rock Island Arsenal
  • University of Chicago
  • Grisson Air Force Base
  • Ames Laboratory
  • Burlington AEC Plant
  • Forbes Field
  • McConnel Air Force Base18.1
  • Schilling Air Force Base
  • Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
  • Barksdale Air Force Base18.4
  • Camp Robinson
  • Brunswick Naval Air Station18.1
  • Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station
  • Caribou Air Force Station7.1
  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
  • Presque Isle Air Force Base
  • Aberdeen Proving Ground
  • Andrews Air Force Base
  • Fort Meade
  • Naval Radio Transmitter Facility
  • Fort Ritchie
  • Patuxent River Naval Air Station
  • White Oak Naval Surface Weapons Center
    • Cape Cod Air Station
    • Stony Brook Air Force Station7.1
    • Kincheloe Air Force Base
    • K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base18.1
    • Wurtsmith Air Force Base
    • Columbus Air Force Base
    • Destrehan Street Plant
    • Kansas City Plant22.1
    • Mallinckrodt Chemical Works27.5
    • Whiteman Air Force Base
    • Lincoln Air Force Base
    • Offutt Air Force Base
    • Nellis Air Force Base
    • Nevada National Security Site
    • Tonopah Test Range
    • Indian Springs Air Force Base
    • Lake Mead Base
    • Pease Air Force Base18.1
    • Chemical Construction Company27.1
    • Earle Naval Weapons Station16.1
    • E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company28.1
    • Lakehurst Naval Air Station
    • McGuire Air Force Base
    • Roswell Air Force Base
    • Sandia National Laboratory
    • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
    • White Sands Missile Range
    • Archer-Daniels Warehouse20.1
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Electromet28.1
    • Griffiss Air Force Base
    • Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
    • Linde Refinery28.1
    • National Lead Industries27.1
    • Niagara Falls Storage Site
    • Plattsburgh Air Force Base
    • Seneca Army Depot14.1
    • Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
      • Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
      • Cavalier Air Force Station
      • Grand Forks Air Force Base
      • Minot Air Force Base
      • Stanley Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
      • Brush Laboratories28.1
      • Fernald Environmental Management Project
      • Harshaw Chemical Company28.1
      • Mound Laboratory
      • Neward Air Force Base
      • Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
      • RMI Titanium Company Extrusion Plant
      • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
      • Altus Air Force Base
      • Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
      • Tinker Air Force Base
      • Kingsley Field
      • Alternate Joint Communications Center (Site R)
      • Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
      • Heppenstall Company27.4
      • Vitro Manufacturing Company19.2
      • Newport Naval Base
      • Charleston Naval Weapons Station18.1
      • Savannah River National Laboratory23.1
      • Rushmore Air Force Station
      • Ellsworth Air Force Base18.1
      • Arnold Air Force Base
      • Clarksville Base
      • Clinton Engineer Works
      • Fort Campbell21.1
      • Holston Army Ammunition Plant
      • Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
      • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
      • Carswell Air Force Base
      • Dyess Air Force Base
      • Fort Bliss
      • Goodfellow Air Force Base
      • Kelly Air Force Base
      • Killeen Base21.1
      • Medina Base
      • Pantex Plant23.2
      • Sheppard Air Force Base
      • Dugway Proving Grounds
      • Hill Air Force Base
      • Wendover Army Air Base
      • Communications and Records Center
      • High Point Special Facility
      • Marine Corps Air Facility
      • Langley Air Force Base
      • Naval Surface Warfare Center
      • Newport News Naval Shipyard
      • Norfolk Naval Station
      • Warrenton Training Center
      • Skiffes Creek Annex
      • Bangor Naval Submarine Base
      • Deep Creek Air Force Station
      • Everett Naval Station
      • Fairchild Air Force Base
      • Hanford
      • Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center
      • Larson Air Force Base
      • Naval Radio Station
      • Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
      • Greenbrier Resort
      • ELF Transmitter
      • General Mitchel Field
      • F.E. Warren Air Force Base
      • Kleine Brogel Air Base3.1
      • Florennes Air Base1.1
      • Chalk River
      • Labrador
      • Newfoundland
      • Araxos Air Force Base3.1
      • Drama
      • Elefsis
      • Erithea
      • Karatea
      • Katsimidhi
      • Koropi
      • Perivolaki
      • Souda Bay
      • Yiannitsa
      • Buchel Air Base4.1, 3.1
      • Bitburg Air Base
      • Brüggen Air Base
      • Fliegerhorst Kaserne
      • Fischbach Ordnance Depot
      • Gießen Special Ammunition Depot
      • Hahn Air Base
      • Memmingen Air Base
      • Ramstein Air Base3.1
      • Nörvenich Air Base3.1
      • Wuescheim Air Station
      • Spangdahlem Air Base
      • Schwäbisch Gmünd
      • Neu-Ulm
      • Waldheide-Neckarsulm
      • Thule Air Force Base
      • Ghedi-Torre Air Base3.1
      • Aviano Air Base3.1
      • Comiso Air Station1.1
      • Chichi Jima24.1
      • Iwo Jima24.1
      • Kadena Air Base
      • Misawa Air Base
      • Yokota Air Base
      • Guam
      • Tinian
      • Nouasseur Air Base29.1
      • Rabat
      • Sidi Slimane Air Base
      • Ben Guerir Air Base
      • Volkel Air Base3.1
      • Woensdrecht Air Base1.1
      • Zaragoza Air Base30.1
      • Akinci Air Base3.1
      • Balikesir Air Base3.1
      • Incirlik Air Base3.1
      • RAF Bentwaters
      • RAF Brize Norton
      • RAF Driffield1.3
      • RAF Fairford
      • RAF Feltwell1.3
      • RAF Greenham Common1.1
      • RAF Hemswell1.3
      • RAF High Wycombe
      • RAF Lakenheath3.1
      • RAF Manston
      • RAF Marham
      • RAF Mildenhall
      • RAF Molesworth1.1
      • RAF North Luffenham1.3
      • RAF Scampton
      • RAF Sculthorpe
      • RAF South Ruislip
      • RAF Upper Heyford
      • RAF Waddington
      • RAF Wyton
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      9. Historical Division Office. (1954). History of Task Group 7.4; Participation in Operation CASTLE: 1 January 1953—26 June 1954 (p. 130). Air Force Special Weapons Center Information Services. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/servlets/purl/16383805.pdf
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      11. U.S. Department of Energy & Office of Environmental Management. (1997). Linking Legacies: Connecting the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes to Their Environmental Consequences. U.S. Department of Energy. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/servlets/purl/16115767.pdf
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      12. Ketter, Clarke. (2008, August)Outline of a Cold War Mission: The National Stockpile Sites and Operational Storage Sites. Cold War Times, 8(3), 63. https://coldwarusa.com/uploads/Documents/AUG2008.pdf
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      13. Cold War Infrastructure for Air Defense: The Fighter and Command Missions (p. 178). (1999). Air Combat Command; Headquarters. http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/1999-11-02132.pdf
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      19. Hadden, G. (1947). Manhattan District History; Book VII –  Volume 1—Feed Materials and Special Procurement (Vol. 1). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.osti.gov/includes/opennet/includes/MED_scans/Book%20VII%20-%20%20Volume%201%20-%20Feed%20Materials%20and%20Special%20Procuremen.pdf
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      20. Berven, B. A., & Clark, C. (1980). Preliminary Radiological Survey Report of the Former Staten Island Warehouse Site (Archer-Daniels Midland Company) at Port Richmond, New York (NY.22-5; p. 11). Oak Ridge National Laboratory. https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.pace.edu/dist/0/195/files/2019/03/Staten-Island-1980-Survey-NY.22-5-2e0ih0v.pdf
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