Salmon, Mississippi Fact Sheet
Program Document
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OSTI ID:1114533
The Salmon, Mississippi, Site, also called the Tatum Dome Test Site, is a 1,470-acre tract of land in Lamar County, Mississippi, 21 miles southwest of Hattiesburg. The nearest town is Purvis, about 10 miles east of the site. The site is in a forested region known as the long-leaf pine belt of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Elevations in the area range from about 240 to 350 feet above sea level. The site overlies a salt formation called the Tatum Salt Dome. Land around the Salmon site has residential, industrial, and commercial use, although no one lives within the boundary of the site itself. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, a predecessor agency of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Department of Defense conducted two underground nuclear tests at the site under the designation of Project Dribble, part of a larger program known as the Vela Uniform program. Two gas explosive tests, designated Project Miracle Play, were also conducted at the site.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Legacy Management (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AM01-07LM00060
- OSTI ID:
- 1114533
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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