JVE at Nevada Test Site

Post on 27 March 2019 by Anne Marie Steiger

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Photos courtesy of Nuclear Testing Archive, National Security Technologies, LLC. We especially thank Martha DeMarre for providing photographs and documents related to the preparation and conduct of JVE at the Nevada Test Site.

News Media Itinerary, August 16-17, 1988

Joint Verification Experiment: Trust But Verify – documenting and commemorating the JVE

Cover page of the program for introductory visit of the Soviet specialists to the Nevada Test Site. January 1988
January 1988 visit of the Soviet Delegation to the NTS. Soviet flag is being raised to welcome the Soviets at the Nevada Test Site.
The Soviet and American flags fly at the top of a drill rig at the Nevada Test Site. January 1988.On Wednesday, January 27, 1988, the Soviet delegation observed aspects of a typical Nevada Test Site preparation.On Wednesday, January 27, 1988, the Soviet delegation observed workmen bundling cable for a downhole demonstration at the Nevada Test Site. This cable wrapping demonstration was conducted just for the Soviets and was not actually part of a real event preparation.At the Nevada Test Site, the delegations toured a Los Alamos National Laboratory CORRTEX instrumentation trailer. January 27, 1988View of the joint delegation briefing in the DoE Test Control Center at the Nevada Test Site. January 28, 1988.V. Dorodnov of the Soviet delegation in front of a 120-inch drill bit at the Nevada Test Site. January 29, 1988The U.S. DoE's Cardwell KB-500 drill proposed to drill a CORRTEX instrumentation hole for a JVE at Semipalatinsk Test Site. The rig weighs 110,000 pounds and can drill holes up to 12.25 inches in diameter to a depth of over 6,000 feet.The mast of the Cardell KB-500 drill rig is being transported from the Nevada Test Site to the Indian Springs Air Force Station to be loaded in a U.S. Air Force C-5B cargo transport aircraft for shipment to the Semipalatinsk Test Site. April 15, 1988The U.S. Air Force C-5B cargo transport aircraft is being loaded at Indian Springs Air Force Station with logging equipment from NTS for shipment to the Soviet Union's STS as part of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint verification experiment. 15 April, 1988U.S. Air Force personnel are loading pipe and steel tubing from the Nevada Test Site in this Air Force Military Airlift Command C5-B cargo transport aircraft for shipment to the Soviet Union's STS. July 15, 1988U.S. Air Force personnel are tying down 130,000 pounds of CORRTEX equipment from the NTS for shipment to the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons test site at Semipalatinsk. July 15, 1988A U.S. Air Force C5-B cargo transport aircraft is being loaded with an 11-ton CORRTEX recording instrument container from the NTS for shipment to the Soviet Union's STS. July 15, 1988Test Control Center. Kearsarge Test, The Nevada Test Site. August 17, 1988Test Control Center. Kearsarge Test, The Nevada Test Site. August 17, 1988Test Control Center. Kearsarge Test, The Nevada Test Site. August 17, 1988Kearsarge test media briefing. August 17, 1988Heads of Soviet and the U.S. delegations Igor Palenykh and C. Paul Robertson at the Kearsarge Test post-shot news briefing for media. August 17, 1988Kearsarge test post-shot news briefing. The Nevada Test Site. August 17, 1988

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