Nevada Test Site

What I did here

Performed radiological control duties in support of post-Underground Nuclear Weapons Testing “Drill- back” operations. These operations consist of drilling a hold into the point of the explosion in order to retrieve samples of the debris. These samples are highly radioactive. After drilling and sampling operations are complete, the drill rig and tools are decontaminated. Residual radiation is cleaned up at the site, and the hole is plugged back to the surface.