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The Test Site is not the only Nevada site the White Card covers.

The Department of Energy ran more than one operation in Nevada. If you worked at Tonopah, Project Shoal, the Central Nevada Test Area, Yucca Mountain, or the North Las Vegas office, you have a place in the same program.

Reviewed by Alara’s Director of Nursing, RN · July 2026

The covered Nevada sites.

  • Tonopah Test Range (1956–present) — ballistics and testing for the AEC and DOE.
  • Nevada Site Office, North Las Vegas (1962–present) — the command and administrative office.
  • Project Shoal (1962–1964) — underground test near Fallon.
  • Central Nevada Test Area (1967–1974) — the “Faultless” site in Hot Creek Valley.
  • Yucca Mountain (1987–present) — the DOE geologic repository study.

It is one program with one card. What differs by site is how a claim is proven: the Test Site has Special Exposure Cohort periods; at the other sites a claim is built through NIOSH dose reconstruction. Either way, an accepted illness brings the same lifetime medical benefits, at no cost to you.

Site-by-site details, covered periods, and the contractor question: the Nevada worksites guide →

Common questions.

I worked for a contractor at one of these sites. Covered?

Often yes — contractor and subcontractor employees are frequently covered. The Resource Center can verify your employer against DOL records: (702) 697-0841.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, EEOICPA covered facilities.

Worked at any Nevada DOE site?

Find your site, then let a nurse review whether the card can be opened for you.

Find your site Or call (702) 814-9630
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