Another Howard Hughes mystery

The Los Angeles Times' Ralph Vartabadian gets to the bottom of a nuclear mystery in the middle of the Nevada desert. Why was there only one test ever done at the Central Nevada Test Area? Here's a hint:  "It involves a peculiar effort by the federal government placate one of the wealthiest men in the world."  Worth reading.

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