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A Mining/Contained Explosion Source Phenomenology Experiment to Improve Nuclear Test Monitoring

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/792352· OSTI ID:792352

We propose an experiment to investigate the similarities and differences in source phenomenology and regional seismic discriminant behavior between normal production mining explosions and fully contained nuclear tests. The experiment would consist of a minimum of two large, nearly co-located explosions, which would be recorded at regional distances: (1) a normal delay fired production mining explosion, and (2) a single chemical explosion contained and buried at underground nuclear test depth.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
792352
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-137162
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English