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| Keywords: NTS - Buried Objects Detection Facility.jpg Aerial view of the Buried Objects Detection Facility in Area 4 of the Nevada Test Site The Buried Objects Detection Facility is a unique facility operated by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to evaluate new mine detection hardware The Buried Objects Detection Facility was established to help in the detection and neutralization of anti-tank mines which along with anti-personnel mines are high on every humanitarian organizations' priority list The goal of the facility is to provide experimenters with an area where they can evaluate possible solutions to the detection of anti-tank mines The facility is available to military and civilian research efforts for detection and the characterization of various buried objects including spheres drums and pipes but specifically anti-tank mines All of the mines and other structures are precisely mapped and characterized For personnel safety the mines are all defused; however for detection purposes all contain their original main explosive The facility covers over 100 acres of which 30 acres are in a secure enclosed area The secure area contains 296 mines 276 of which are available to experimenters to use for uniform calibration of their detection instruments while the characteristics of the other 20 are kept from the experimenters These 20 then become the actual search objects The area is typical of the high desert geology and soil conditions prominent at the Nevada Test Site and the earth has been undisturbed since the mines were introduced to the area in 1993 and 1994 Nevada Test Site Guide http //www nv energy gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_715_Rev1 pdf DOE/NV-715 Federal Government of the United States PD-USGov 37 080731 -116 087005 region US Yucca Flat | ||||
