KLAS-TV Channel 8 News Las VegasDOJ Wants Lawsuit Against 'Divine Strake' Dismissed
The U.S. Department of Justice is hoping to revive a plan to blow up a 700-ton bomb at the Nevada Test Site.
During a conference Monday, the government worked on getting a lawsuit against the "Divine Strake" blast dismissed.
The non-nuclear explosion could send a mushroom-shaped dust cloud over the Nevada desert.
Opponents fear it will also kick up radioactive dust from old experiments.
Parents are protesting a move by the Clark County School District to put two schools on a year round schedule. More>>
A group of Nevada activists is pressing Gov. Jim Gibbons to request an environmental impact statement and public hearings on the federal government's plans for a 700-ton explosion on the Nevada desert. More>>
The federal government has indefinitely postponed a planned explosion that was expected to generate a mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert. More>>
In two weeks, opponents of a planned explosives test in Nevada have gathered 600 signatures in the area around St. George, Utah, on petitions asking Utah's senators to help stop the test. More>>
An Indian tribe and several nuclear fallout "downwinders" want a federal court to halt plans for a huge non-nuclear blast that's expected to generate a mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert. More>>
