EARTH MOVING BY NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4290650
Nuclear explosives promise to open new fields in peacetime earthmoving projects in spite of their undesirable side effects. Residual fall-out and long- range blast problems can be controlled by careful choice of meteorology at time of burst. Nuclear explosives have energy concentrations and rates of energy release many times those of chemical explosives which suggest exploiting their craters for excavation. Studies have been made of the feasibility and costs of using NE for excavating harbors, digging canals, breaking rock for fill material, and excavating sedimentation basins. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-009512
- OSTI ID:
- 4290650
- Report Number(s):
- SCTM-78-59(51)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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