SUBJECT: Operational Overview – Project Cinder Flare Nuclear Bomb Testing Facility LOCATION: [REDACTED], Great Basin Desert, Nevada (Alternate Universe: 1987) STATUS: Decommissioned (Dormant / Hot) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project Cinder Flare was a dual-purpose facility constructed in 1962. Officially, it was a “Containment and Disposal Site for Radiological Waste.” Unofficially, it served as a live-fire testing range for low-yield tactical nuclear devices (0.5–10 kilotons) and a containment lab for breeder-reactor experiments .