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Guidelines for Visiting and Working at NCERC

Basic information for entering and working at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) at the Device Assembly Facility (DAF).

DAF is located on the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The NNSS is a DOE site located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV. The main base camp is Mercury, Nevada (searchable on Google maps). NCERC is located in the Device Assembly Facility, a further 25 miles past Mercury on the site.

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