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The collection of data was substantially completed on Route 17 in Panama one of the routes considered for nuclear excavations... The Atomic Energy
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January 1965, has been described as a "near clone" of the U.S. Sedan shot. Like Sedan, Chagan also resulted in a massive plume of radioactive material being blown high into the atmosphere, with an estimated 20% of the fission products with it. Detection of the plume over Japan led to accusations
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Plowshare project was intended to "highlight the peaceful applications of nuclear explosive devices and thereby create a climate of world opinion that is more favorable to weapons development and tests". The Operation Plowshare program included 27 nuclear tests designed
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in Egypt, an area that lies below sea level. The core problem of the entire project was the water supply to the depression. Calculations by
Bassler showed that digging a canal or tunnel would be too expensive, therefore Bassler determined that the use of nuclear explosive devices, to excavate the
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icecaps on the planet. Musk's specific plan would not be very feasible within the energy limitations of historically manufactured nuclear devices (ranging in kilotons of TNT-equivalent), therefore requiring major advancement for it to be considered. In part due to these problems, the physicist
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in 1962, which released large amounts of radioactive gas into the air. By the late 1960s, public opposition to
Plowshare was increasing, and a 1970s study of the economics of the concepts suggested they had no practical use. Plowshare saw decreasing interest from the 1960s, and was officially
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Seismic Sounding" Program focused on the use of much smaller explosions for various geological uses. Some of these tests are considered to be operational, not purely experimental. These included the use of peaceful nuclear explosions to create deep
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m (1,300 ft) as a means of investigating the possibilities of using peaceful nuclear explosions for large-scale earth moving. If this test was conducted in 1965, when improvements in device design were realized, a 100-fold reduction in radiation release was considered feasible. The
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The parties reserve the right to carry out nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes in the territory of another country if requested to do so, but only in full compliance with the yield limitations and other provisions of the PNE Treaty and in accord with the
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conducted a much more vigorous program of 239 nuclear tests, some with multiple devices, between 1965 and 1988 under the auspices of
Program No. 6—Employment of Nuclear Explosive Technologies in the Interests of National Economy and Program No.
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using nuclear demolition. This project proposed to use 213 devices, with yields of 1 to 1.5 megatons, detonated at depths of 100 to 500 m (330 to 1,640 ft) to build this canal for the purpose of producing hydroelectric power.
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towards investigating these non-weapon uses from 1961 through 1973. Due to the inability of the U.S. physicists to reduce the fission fraction of low-yield (approximately 1 kiloton) nuclear devices that would have been required for many
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intended for spacecraft, though usually powered by means of conventionally pumped, laser arrays. For example, ground flight testing by
Professor Leik Myrabo, using a non-nuclear, conventionally powered pulsed laser
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noted on the aluminum sphere located 18 metres (60 ft) from the detonation point, with slightly over 25 millimetres (1 in) of surface material absent upon recovery. These spheres are often referred to as
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Soviet peaceful nuclear explosions of the 1970s. Their public records indicate 98% of their 15 kiloton explosive yield was derived from fusion reactions, so only 0.3 kiloton was derived from fission.
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conducted a much more exhaustive program than
Plowshare, with 239 nuclear tests between 1965 and 1988. Furthermore, many of the "tests" were considered economic applications, not tests, in the
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efforts, both programs came to be controlled by a variety of agreements. Most notable among these is the 1976 Treaty on
Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty). The
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profiles. Compared to the usage of conventional explosives or mechanical methods, nuclear explosions allow the collection of longer seismic profiles (up to several thousand kilometres).
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asteroid–Earth collisions of 1908 and 2013 respectively, have served as an impetus for the analysis of technologies that could prevent the destruction of human life by impact events.
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use of nuclear explosives may be more efficient, but they run an increased risk of fracturing the target near-Earth object. They also carry higher development and operations risks.
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of 1996 prohibits all nuclear explosions, regardless of whether they are for peaceful purposes or not. Since that time the topic has been raised several times, often as a method of
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Metzger, Peter (February 22, 1970), "Project Gasbuggy and Catch-85*: *That's krypton-85, one of the radioactive by-products of nuclear explosions that release natural gas",
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program. The program was more extensive, eventually conducting 239 nuclear explosions. Some of these tests also released radioactivity, including a significant release of
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of nitrogen gas served as a radioactive tracer that was used to measure and then help model global circulations in the atmosphere by following the movements of fallout
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Viktor Adamsky and Yuri Smirnov. 1994. "Moscow's Biggest Bomb: the 50-Megaton Test of October 1961" Cold War International History Project Bulletin, Issue 4, Fall 1994
2970:"The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions", Project Director Gregory E van der Vink, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-ISC-414, (Oct 1989).
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proximity orientation with the asteroid, with the latter method occurring far enough away from the incoming threat to prevent the potential fracturing of the
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at one time considered manufacturing nuclear explosives for civil engineering purposes. In the early 1970s a feasibility study was conducted for a project to
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impactor, an impactor with a mass of 2,305 kg (5,081 lb), and an impact velocity of about 9,000 km/h (5,600 mph), releasing the kinetic
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gas well in 1966 that had been blowing since 1963, and a few months later a 47 kilotons explosive was used to seal a higher-pressure blowout at the nearby
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that could begin to quickly terraform Mars. One such opportunity for this occurred in October 2014 when a "once-in-a-million-years" comet (designated as
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could be made by utilizing nuclear explosions, with the latter created by connecting a nuclear explosive device with another of his inventions, the
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were included in the cost, there was virtually no economic advantage over conventional explosives except for potentially the very largest projects.
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explosions are assessed to be 10–100 times more effective than the non-nuclear alternatives analyzed in this study. Other techniques involving the
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in August 1957. The use of a subterranean shaft and nuclear device to propel an object to escape velocity has since been termed a "thunder well".
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2164:, 1998, Volume 7, pp. 1–117. See test shot "Taiga".
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4181:Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
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2175:"Early Steps Toward Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)"
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861:surrounding Earth were discovered about in 1958,
634:popularized an approach in which the cold planet
570:Blowout (well drilling)#Use of nuclear explosions
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534:power station by blasting a tunnel between the
476:, involving "peaceful nuclear explosions". The
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433:, comparable in yield to the Sedan test of 104
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2937:National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2880:Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
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1908:"The Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program"
1418:"Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty"
166:monitoring, and on-site inspection.
4821:Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR)
3187:Nuclear weapons limitation treaties
3089:, Federation of American Scientists
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2577:Fuchs, Karl, ed. (April 16, 1997).
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3243:Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
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1285:B83 nuclear bomb § Novel uses
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2067:Nordyke, MD (September 1, 2000).
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3098:The Indian Nuclear Tests
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1971:10.1177/0096340213501369
1885:Guinness World Records.
1839:nuclearweaponarchive.org
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4196:Nuclear power phase-out
4119:Nuclear decommissioning
4059:Reactor-grade plutonium
3809:Targeted alpha-particle
3688:Accidents and incidents
3383:Nuclear weapons testing
3086:Arms control agreements
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925:superconducting magnets
911:could be mitigated and
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590:(in that it would be a
312:Partial Test Ban Treaty
246:carried out as part of
137:Limited Test Ban Treaty
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2550:Annals of Geophysics
2450:on November 4, 2012.
2315:on November 13, 2010
2160:by Milo D. Nordyke.
2091:on December 23, 2016
1134:as a component of a
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4054:Reprocessed uranium
3727:Safety and security
3358:Nuclear disarmament
3035:(video), Sonic bomb
3020:(video), Sonic bomb
2997:Operation Plowshare
2892:2000JBIS...53..180S
2853:1972JSpRo...9..942M
2762:2007laa..book..435S
2686:on October 28, 2009
2525:on November 4, 2015
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5273:Nuclear technology
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3078:, FAS, DOE/NV-209
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4010:WMD treaties
3829:Radiosurgery
3799:Fast-neutron
3771:Scintigraphy
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1179:impact event
1151:laser weapon
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1103:
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985:Project A119
983:
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797:
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735:The element
697:, and other
683:demonstrated
682:
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626:Terraforming
596:fusion power
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548:Soviet Union
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160:hydrodynamic
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109:arms control
106:
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82:radionuclide
70:Panama Canal
63:
59:Soviet Union
34:
30:
29:
5104:Stellarator
5068:confinement
4962:Superphénix
4789:Molten-salt
4741:VHTR (HTGR)
4518:HW BLWR 250
4484:R4 Marviken
4413:Pressurized
4383:Heavy water
4367:many others
4296:Pressurized
4251:Light water
3953:underground
3911:Disarmament
3819:Tomotherapy
3814:Proton-beam
3678:Power plant
3640:Temperature
3473:Engineering
3028:The Soviet
3013:The Soviet
2886:: 180–196.
2847:(12): 942.
2737:October 24,
2293:December 7,
2289:. IOP Group
1913:October 24,
1892:October 24,
1576:"Gas Buggy"
1526:Rulison, CO
1259:X-ray laser
1243:ultraviolet
1231:Chelyabinsk
1132:X-ray laser
1110:macroscopic
1101:mechanism.
1061:white hot.
989:prospecting
971:prospecting
909:earthquakes
824:climatology
801:caesium-137
773:einsteinium
765:Teller–Ulam
753:einsteinium
737:einsteinium
675:planet Mars
649:Michio Kaku
640:terraformed
612:natural gas
592:heat engine
559:Uzbekistani
463:natural gas
439:Lake Chagan
437:kt, formed
307:Chagan test
181:One of the
102:Volga River
5262:Categories
5129:(acoustic)
4746:PBR (PBMR)
4134:Spent fuel
4124:Repository
4104:Fuel cycle
4071:Activation
3848:Processing
3715:Propulsion
3673:by country
3605:Activation
3149:2011-06-19
3124:2006-01-12
2991:The 104Kt
2917:January 6,
2259:Byrne, J.
2234:2017-07-24
1844:2016-08-18
1801:2016-08-18
1772:2016-08-18
1748:2010-07-08
1723:2010-06-18
1698:2013-09-18
1650:2010-06-19
1586:2010-09-19
1540:2012-02-15
1450:2012-01-22
1357:References
1338:subsurface
1305:, or in a
1283:See also:
1251:light sail
1241:X-ray, to
1203:Tsar Bomba
1164:lightcraft
1099:propulsion
1018:A nuclear
903:recipient
857:After the
793:beta decay
712: km (
689:a Martian-
620:well heads
584:salt domes
512:kilometers
470:Atomic Age
429:kt Soviet
398:See also:
279:Farmington
229:Suez Canal
5099:Spheromak
4798:Fluorides
4462:IPHWR-700
4457:IPHWR-540
4452:IPHWR-220
4241:Moderator
3921:Explosion
3896:Arms race
3683:Economics
3635:Reflector
3630:Radiation
3625:Generator
3580:Plutonium
3533:Deuterium
3498:Radiation
3468:Chemistry
3316:New START
3298:START III
2913:. Bonnier
1692:Новый Мир
1498:. Insider
1330:stand-off
1307:stand-off
1170:in 2000.
1080:Lew Allen
1059:guy-wires
991:(LCROSS)
844:hydrology
789:supernova
777:r-process
703:C/2013 A1
638:could be
632:Elon Musk
608:petroleum
562:Urtabulak
554:program.
412:The 1962
384:Australia
351:from the
139:of 1963.
98:plutonium
5234:Category
5188:Polywell
5119:Inertial
5076:Magnetic
4831:TMSR-LF1
4826:TMSR-500
4806:Fuji MSR
4766:THTR-300
4606:Graphite
4469:PHWR KWU
4435:ACR-1000
4363:IPWR-900
4346:ACPR1000
4341:HPR-1000
4331:CPR-1000
4306:APR-1400
4097:Disposal
4049:Actinide
4042:Products
3901:Delivery
3744:Medicine
3573:depleted
3568:enriched
3538:Helium-3
3503:ionizing
3267:START II
3193:Treaties
2627:Archived
2464:Archived
2095:June 19,
1979:38457101
1345:See also
1328:Nuclear
1317:effect.
1291:asteroid
1263:angstrom
1227:Tunguska
1213:10
1197:10
1160:test-bed
1118:Pascal-B
1075:ablation
940:solenoid
852:aerosols
842:used in
769:Ivy Mike
604:fracking
538:and the
518:in 1967.
51:fracking
47:harbours
5246:Commons
5157:Z-pinch
5127:Bubble
5109:Tokamak
4972:FBR-600
4952:CFR-600
4947:BN-1200
4613:coolant
4540:Organic
4425:CANDU 9
4422:CANDU 6
4390:coolant
4351:ACP1000
4326:CAP1400
4264:Boiling
4229:Fission
4076:Fission
4020:Weapons
3960:Warfare
3943:Testing
3933:History
3926:effects
3881:Weapons
3791:Therapy
3766:RadBall
3753:Imaging
3645:Thermal
3610:Capture
3597:Neutron
3585:Thorium
3563:Uranium
3528:Tritium
3508:braking
3488:Fission
3478:Physics
3461:Science
3331:Related
3261:START I
2888:Bibcode
2849:Bibcode
2824:May 30,
2758:Bibcode
2636:May 30,
2604:May 30,
2556:(1–2).
2489:Bibcode
2400:May 30,
2378:May 30,
1959:Bibcode
1934:YouTube
1743:Reuters
1667:Seismic
1664:"DSS",
1502:2 April
1479:2 April
1402:May 15,
1334:surface
1320:A 2007
1261:with 1
1223:Jupiter
1030:vehicle
1026:to the
952:protons
946:into a
921:protons
836:fallout
828:aerosol
761:neutron
757:fermium
727:Physics
644:dry-ice
504:to the
388:Pilbara
355:to the
345:Germany
320:seismic
283:tritium
183:Chariot
164:seismic
5057:Fusion
5017:Others
4957:Phénix
4942:BN-800
4937:BN-600
4932:BN-350
4761:HTR-PM
4756:HTR-10
4736:UHTREX
4701:Magnox
4696:(UNGG)
4589:Lucens
4584:KS 150
4321:ATMEA1
4301:AP1000
4284:Kerena
4164:Debate
3916:Ethics
3906:Design
3889:Topics
3720:rocket
3698:Fusion
3693:Policy
3655:Fusion
3615:Poison
3493:Fusion
3229:1970s
3143:(film)
3043:Russia
3015:Chagan
2794:et al.
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