Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare
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Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Nuclear excavation categories.
Includes scientific articles and papers, p. 55-606.
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Nuclear explosions categories.
Includes scientific articles and papers, p. 55-606.
Project Plowshare
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Author : Scott Kaufman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-12-15
Project Plowshare written by Scott Kaufman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-15 with History categories.
Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champions of "peaceful nuclear explosions" maintained that they could create new elements and isotopes for general use, build storage facilities for water or fuel, mine ores, increase oil and natural gas production, generate heat for power production, and construct roads, harbors, and canals. By harnessing the power of the atom for nonmilitary purposes, Plowshare backers expected to protect American security, defend U.S. legitimacy and prestige, and ensure access to energy resources. Scott Kaufman’s extensive research in nearly two dozen archives in three nations shows how science, politics, and environmentalism converged to shape the lasting conflict over the use of nuclear technology. Indeed, despite technological and strategic promise, Plowshare’s early champions soon found themselves facing a vocal and powerful coalition of federal and state officials, scientists, industrialists, environmentalists, and average citizens. Skeptical politicians, domestic and international pressure to stop nuclear testing, and a lack of government funding severely restricted the program. By the mid-1970s, Plowshare was, in the words of one government official, "dead as a doornail." However, the thought of using the atom for peaceful purposes remains alive.
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
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Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives Plowshare Hearing Before 89 1 January 5 1965
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language : en
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Release Date : 1965
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Peaceful Uses For Nuclear Explosives
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Peaceful Uses For Nuclear Explosives written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Controlled fusion categories.
Essential Guide To Project Plowshare
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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-29
Essential Guide To Project Plowshare written by U. S. Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-29 with categories.
Three official government reports about the Plowshare peaceful nuclear explosion program are reproduced in this unique compilation: Plowshare Program Summary Report, Plowshare AEC Document, and Projects Gnome and Sedan Defense Department report.The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), now the Department of Energy (DOE), established the Plowshare Program as a research and development activity to explore the technical and economic feasibility of using nuclear explosives for industrial applications. The reasoning was that the relatively inexpensive energy available from nuclear explosions could prove useful for a wide variety of peaceful purposes. The Plowshare Program began in 1958 and continued through 1975. Between December 1961 and May 1973, the United States conducted 27 Plowshare nuclear explosive tests comprising 35 individual detonations. Conceptually, industrial applications resulting from the use of nuclear explosives could be divided into two broad categories: 1) large-scale excavation and quarrying, where the energy from the explosion was used to break up and/or move rock; and 2) underground engineering, where the energy released from deeply buried nuclear explosives increased the permeability and porosity of the rock by massive breaking and fracturing. Possible excavation applications included: canals, harbors, highway and railroad cuts through mountains, open pit mining, construction of dams, and other quarry and construction-related projects. Underground nuclear explosion applications included: stimulation of natural gas production, preparation of leachable ore bodies for in situ leaching, creation of underground zones of fractured oil shale for in situ retorting, and formation of underground natural gas and petroleum storage reservoirs.On June 6, 1958, the Atomic Energy Commission publicly announced the establishment of the Plowshare Program, named for the biblical injunction to ensure peace by beating swords into plowshares. "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." The Program objective was to use nuclear explosives for civilian as opposed to military purposes. The AEC San Francisco Operations Office (SAN) Special Projects Group provided the oversight management for Plowshare with support efforts from the AEC Albuquerque and Oak Ridge Offices, Sandia, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Bureau of Mines. On October 31, 1958, the U.S. and the Soviet Union entered into a nuclear weapons testing moratorium. No nuclear tests were conducted for almost three years. During that time, Plowshare planning studies and high explosive tests would be conducted to evaluate excavation techniques. By the end of 1958, DMA had established the Peaceful Nuclear Explosives (PNE) Branch to manage the Plowshare Program. Dr. Edward Teller, then the director of the Livermore Laboratory, had outlined an ambitious Plowshare Program for fiscal years (FY) 1959-60 in his October 7, 1958, letter to Dr. H. Fiedler, AEC/SAN. The LRL-L program proposed studies in these areas: for FY 1959 - constructing a channel through the reef at Kapingamarangi in the Marshall Islands; harbors at both Cape Thompson and Katalla, Alaska; a canal across the Alaskan peninsula at Port Moller; oil extraction from tar sands and from oil shale; creating artificial aquifers; and mining by leaching; for FY 1960 - in addition to continuing the above-mentioned projects, testing a new nuclear explosive design, and using a nuclear detonation for physics experiments.
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Peaceful Applications Of Nuclear Explosives written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
Project Plowshare
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Author : Ralph Sanders
language : en
Publisher: Washington : Public Affairs Press
Release Date : 1962
Project Plowshare written by Ralph Sanders and has been published by Washington : Public Affairs Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Project Plowshare categories.
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions And Disarmament
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Author : Thomas S. Lough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions And Disarmament written by Thomas S. Lough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Atomic bomb categories.
This issue argues that the U.S. government desires to foster the use of nuclear explosives through it Plowshare program for peaceful uses such as excavation of earth material and natural gas recovery.