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Appalachia is relatively secure in terms of world politics, and that is a good thing given the apparent possibility of nuclear war. We are currently caught between two nuclear-armed political ...

Just an hour away, the Quiet Zone also contains the once-secret Greenbrier bunker, built to house Congress in the event of a nuclear holocaust. It’s enough to make you think: Why does the ...

The exception is the National Radio Quiet Zone, a massive square of land in the Appalachian Mountains blanketing ... and one has a nuclear bunker under it. Radio telescopes are undemanding of ...

this process is not even used at the NNSA’s major nuclear facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn. The plan, Modica says, would subject the people of southern Appalachia “to experimentation on our ...

The race to develop artificial general intelligence is driving unprecedented demand for electricity, and industry leaders believe they've found a local solution. Nursing homes to pay $15M ...

deep in the Appalachian mountains, will find failing cell service and sparse WiFi hotspots. The West Virginian region is home to the National Radio Quiet Zone — a legislated 13,000-square mile ...