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mountainous terrain and the construction of dams. Assessment of the full effects of the Sedan shot showed that the radioactive fallout from such uses would be extensive. Public concerns about the health effects and a lack of political support eventually led to abandonment of the concept. No such nuclear excavation has since been undertaken by the United States, though the Soviet Union continued to pursue the concept through their program
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in South Dakota.The average estimated fallout from Sedan on Howard, Mitchell and Worth counties was 950 microCuries each, while
Washabaugh County SD received an estimated average of 860 microCuries of fallout. The explosion created fallout that affected more US residents than any other nuclear test,
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Plowshare project developed the Sedan test in order to determine the feasibility of using nuclear detonations to quickly and economically excavate large amounts of earth and rock. Proposed applications included the creation of harbors, canals, open pit mines, railroad and highway cuts through
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The resulting crater is 100 m (330 ft) deep with a diameter of about 390 m (1,280 ft). A circular area of the desert floor five miles across was obscured by fast-expanding dust clouds moving out horizontally from the base surge, akin to
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The explosion caused two plumes of radioactive cloud, rising to 3.0 km and 4.9 km (10,000 ft and 16,000 ft). The plumes headed northeast and then east in roughly parallel paths towards the
Atlantic Ocean.
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Sedan's fallout contamination contributed a little under 7% to the total amount of radiation which fell on the US population during all of the nuclear tests at NTS. Sedan's effects were similar to shot "George" of
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was dropped through several counties. Detected radioactivity was especially high in eight counties in Iowa and one county each in
Nebraska, South Dakota and Illinois. The most heavily affected counties were
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Within days of the error, the international community took notice. Sudanese officials responded by stating that "the
Sudanese government takes this issue seriously and with extreme importance". The Chinese
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with a fission yield less than 30% and a fusion yield about 70%. According to Carey
Sublette, the design of the Sedan device was similar to that used in the Bluestone and Swanee tests of
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issuing a statement clarifying that it was a typographic error, Mustafa Osman Ismail, the
Sudanese Foreign Minister, stated his government would continue investigating the claims.
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Report on the
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Had this test been conducted after 1965 when improvements in device design were realized, achieving a 100-fold reduction in radiation release is considered feasible.
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Within 7 months (~210 days) of the excavation, the bottom of the crater could be safely walked upon with no protective clothing, with radiation levels at 35
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missile warhead. The device had a diameter of 43 cm (17 in), a length of 96.5 cm (38.0 in), and a weight of 212.2 kg (468 lb).
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while giving congressional testimony on the containment of debris from nuclear testing. However, the name "Sedan" was incorrectly transcribed as "
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in fallout. In countrywide deposition of radionuclides, Sedan was highest in the amount of
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is the largest human-made crater in the United States and is listed on the
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History of the Nevada Test Site and Nuclear Testing Background
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rates among the Sudanese people. Despite the U.S. embassy in
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Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech.
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Volume – 6.6 million cubic yards (5.0
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Maximum diameter – 1,280 feet (390 m)
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Minimum lip height – 20 feet (6.1 m)
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Sedan Nuclear Test – Original Military Film – YouTube
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1962 underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site
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Unethical human experimentation in the United States
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Nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States
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Maximum depth – 320 feet (98 m)
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2169:Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1296:"Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #35"
1078:. US Department of Energy. Archived from
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321:The timing of the test put it within the
130:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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278:on July 6, 1962, as part of
111:United States historic place
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2261:Berlin Historic District
2129:Nevada Desert Experience
1076:"Nevada Test Site Tours"
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2356:Hugh H. Brown House
2351:H.A. McKim Building
2326:E. R. Shields House
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404:on March 21, 1994.
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1981:Sand Springs Range
1426:2013-05-16 at the
1351:2008-10-31 at the
1330:2008-12-06 at the
1043:on March 20, 2015.
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907:"Operation Storax"
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652:Conclusions
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1523:Bedrock
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695:fallout
479:Fallout
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