Document Details
Title:
CRATER CREATED BY PROJECT DUGOUT, NEVADA TEST SITE
Author(s):
UNK, [LAWRENCE RADIATION LABORATORY, U. OF CA]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1964 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097043
Document Number(s):
AEC647199
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
NEVADA TEST SITE...AS A PART OF THE AECS PLOWSHARE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL APPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES THE LRL LIVERMORE CALIFOR NIA CONDUCTED PROJECT DUGOUT ON JUNE 24, 1964 AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE. DUGOUT WAS CONDUCTED TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DITCHING EFFECT O F SIMULTANEOUS DETONATIONS IN BASALT A HARD ROCK. DUGOUT INVOLVED THE SIMULTANEOUS DETONATION OF FIVE 20-TON CHARGES IN A ROW OF A CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVE NITROMETHANE. THE RESULTING CRATER HAS AN AVERAGE WIDTY OF ABOUT 140 FEET AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF ABOUT 35 FEET AND A LENGTH OF ABOU T 287 FEET. THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE LIPS IS ABOUT 25 FEET; WHI LE AT THE ENDS OF THE LIP HEIGHT IS IRREGULAR WITH A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT NEVADA TEST SITE...AS A PART OF THE AEC PLOWSHARE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP P EACEFUL APPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES THE LRL LIVERMORE CALIFORN IA CONDUCTED PROJECT DUGOUT ON JUNE 24, 1964 AT THE NTS DUGOUT WAS CON DUCTED TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DITCHING EFFECT OF SIMULTANEOUS DETONATIONS IN BASALT A HARD ROCK. DUGOUT INVOLVED THE SIMULTANEOUS D ETONATION OF FIVE-20-TON CHARGES IN A ROW OF A CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVE INTR OMETHANE. THE RESULTING CRATER HAS A AVERAGE WIDTH OF ABOUT 140 FEET AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF ABOUT 35 FEET AND A LENGTH OF ABOUT 287 FEET; WHIL E AT THE ENDS THE LIP HEIGHT IS IRREGULAR WITH A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT 12 F EET AT THE END IN THE FOREGROUND OF THIS PICTURE AND ABOUT 14 FEET AT THE FAR END.