The trees were then placed in holes at Frenchman Flat, and cemented into the ground, 6,500 feet from ground zero.
This bomb was dropped on Frenchman Flat on January 27, 1951.
President Truman approved the location, known as Frenchman Flat.
The other (46-688) survived three atomic blasts at Frenchman Flat within the Nevada Test Site in 1952.
Nuclear testing began at the Nevada Proving Ground in 1951 with a 1 kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
In the decade 1951-1962, 14 above ground nuclear tests were conducted at Frenchman Flat; several of these atmospheric tests were weapons effects tests.
Five underground nuclear weapons were detonated at Frenchman Flat between 1965 and 1968.
After that I'd suggest moving them somewhere remote, Frenchman Flats comes to mind, and leaving them.
Frenchman Flat is the first dry lake basin north of the hills beyond Mercury.
All the bombs were dropped by B-50 bombers and exploded in the open air over Frenchman Flat (Area 5).