BREN Tower
The BREN Tower (BREN = B are R eactor E xperiment - N evada) was a prefabricated, guyed steel lattice tower 465 meters high, which was erected in 1962 on the atomic bomb test site in Yucca Flat , Nevada ( United States ) to reduce the radiation exposure of the To simulate atomic bomb explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the help of an unshielded nuclear reactor that can be moved on this tower . Inside the mast itself there was a passenger lift; various Japanese-style houses were erected near the mast.
Since underground nuclear tests endangered further use, the BREN Tower was dismantled in 1966 and at 36 ° 46 ′ 50 ″ N , 116 ° 14 ′ 36 ″ W, on location Jackass Flats , also on the atomic bomb test site rebuilt. This makes it the tallest structure to be moved to another location to this day. It was then for the Henre accelerator project ( H igh E nergy N Eutron R eactions E xperiment) used.
On May 23, 2012 the BREN Tower was blown up.
