Underground Nuclear Blast Jolts Nevada
United Press International
PAHUTE MESA, Nev. —
A thermonuclear weapon 11 times more powerful than the World War II atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima jolted the southern Nevada desert Thursday, one day after the Soviets and the Reagan Administration agreed to reopen talks on nuclear testing.
Purpose of the underground test was not disclosed by the Department of Energy.
The detonation, delayed six hours because of adverse wind conditions, generated earth tremors felt in Las Vegas, 102 miles from ground zero.
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