Defense Nuclear Weapons School
The Defense Nuclear Weapons School is housed on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is administered by the Nuclear Enterprise Directorate of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.- Type: School building
- Also known as: “DNWS” and “Family Services Education Office”
- Address: 20602, 1900 Wyoming Boulevard Southeast, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Nuclear Science & History and Enchanted Mesa Trading Post.
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Museum
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, and located in unincorporated Bernalillo County, New Mexico, with an Albuquerque postal address. National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Enchanted Mesa Trading Post
Historic building
The Enchanted Mesa Trading Post at 9612 Central Ave. SE. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was built in 1948. It was a work of Margarete Chase and it was a work of a John Hill. Enchanted Mesa Trading Post is situated 1½ miles north of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Eubank Landfill Solar Array
Power station
The Eubank Landfill Solar Array is a photovoltaic power station in Albuquerque, New Mexico that consists of 1.0 MWAC of concentrator photovoltaics and 1.0 MWAC of flat-panel silicon photovoltaics. Eubank Landfill Solar Array is situated 1 mile east of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nob Hill and Silver Hill.
Nob Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Camerafiend, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nob Hill is a neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, consisting of a commercial district along Central Avenue and surrounding residential areas. Nob Hill is situated 4 miles northwest of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Silver Hill
Neighborhood
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Silver Hill is a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is significant as one of the oldest developments on the city's East Mesa. Much of the neighborhood is included in the Silver Hill Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Silver Hill is situated 5 miles west of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Carnuel
Hamlet
Carnuel is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carnuel had a population of 1,019. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Carnuel is situated 5 miles east of Defense Nuclear Weapons School.
Defense Nuclear Weapons School
- Categories: military academy, building, office, educational institution, and education
- Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.05014° or 35° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
-106.54843° or 106° 32′ 54″ westOperator
DTRAOpen location code
857M3F22+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 300793061OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
office=educational_institutionWikidata ID
Q5251404
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In Other Languages
“Defense Nuclear Weapons School” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Школа оборонного ядерного оружия”
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