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VIDEO: old nuclear weapons storage facility

VIDEO: Cold War nuclear weapons storage facility video now available, Phys Org, 25 July 13 Down a remote canyon near Los Alamos National Laboratory lies a facility known as the “Tunnel Vault,” once one of the most secret and secure locations in the United States, it’s the original post-WWII nuclear stockpile storage area.Located in Los Alamos canyon at Technical Area 41, the Tunnel Vault was built between 1948 and 1949.  The facility has a formidable security perimeter, a hardened guard tower—complete with gun ports and bulletproof glass—and a series of gates and doors that lead to a 230-foot long concrete tunnel that goes straight into the canyon wall.

At the end of the tunnel is a large alcove room with a single bank vault door. Through that door is a vault built inside a vault with five storage areas, all protected with identical bank vault doors. All these features can be seen on a video that tours the recently declassified, historically significant facility……http://phys.org/news/2013-07-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-storage.html

July 26, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual