What was the code name for the U.S. project evaluating an alternative nuclear testing site within the contiguous United States?

• A. Project Manhattan
• B. Project Nutmeg
• C. Operation Northwoods
• D. Project Trinity

Answer: (B)

The concept here is secret planning to locate a nuclear-test site within the continental United States, separate from the Nevada site. The code name Nutmeg was used for a study by the Atomic Energy Commission to evaluate where an alternative, continental U.S. test location might be feasible, reflecting the idea of testing farther east or elsewhere in the contiguous states. The name likely links to Connecticut’s nickname, used as a discreet project tag.

That fits best because the other options reference unrelated events: the Manhattan Project was the WWII effort to develop the bomb itself, Trinity was the first nuclear test, and Operation Northwoods was a proposed covert operation unrelated to test-site planning.