Some residents are battling cancer more than 70 years after Trinity test.
A monument marks the spot in the New Mexico desert where the first atomic bomb test took place.The Trinity Test, the detonation of the first atomic bomb in 1945, was a technical success -- the gadget, as it was codenamed, generated 18 kilotons of force, and the explosion set off the nuclear age. But many New Mexico residents consider it the beginning of a decades-long disaster.
"Nightline" rode along with Pino and a group of local farmers as they dropped off fresh produce and informational flyers at senior centers and churches in the area. The Trinity Test site was chosen by the military and Manhattan Project leadership due to its relative isolation, and because it was in the middle of a massive swath of land being used as a bombing range. However, census data shows that around half a million people lived within a 150-mile radius of the test.
On the day of the test, the explosion went off largely as planned. However, of the 13 pounds of plutonium in the bomb's core -- only three points were combusted. The other 10 pounds were dispersed into the atmosphere. After the Trinity Test, Manhattan Project leadership determined that any future above ground testing of nuclear weapons needed to take place further than 150 miles from the closest urban setting.Corbis via Getty Images
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