Nevada has been the site of more than 900 nuclear weapons tests by the U.S. government.

The Nevada Legislature unanimously passed a 2025 resolution asking the president and Congress not to resume nuclear weapons tests.

“We have seen the dangers, and the risks outweigh the rewards,” Nevada historian Michael Green says.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” he wrote . “That process will begin immediately.”

It’s not clear exactly which countries he is referring to, but Russia and China were also mentioned in h

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