79 years ago today the United States detonated the first nuclear weapon on Earth. The Trinity Test exploded in a desert valley in New Mexico. It was a test of the weapon design used in the Nagasaki bombing, and almost all subsequent fission weapons developed by nuclear weapon states.
Trinity spread fallout across the country, contaminating many people in the immediate vicinity. Here is a map of the initial fallout cloud path.
Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
Seeking justice for the unknowing, unwilling and uncompensated, innocent victims of the July 16, 1945, Trinity test in South-Central New Mexico.
https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/
Town Hall Meeting
July 20th, 2 to 4pm
1050 N. Bookout Rd, Tularosa, NM
Join us as we discuss the progress and status of the amendments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and what the public can do to support the effort.