Project Plowshare - Wikipedia
Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June 1957 as part of the worldwide Atoms for Peace efforts.
The purpose of the AEC program, instituted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), was to develop the necessary technology for using nuclear explosions for civil and industrial projects, such as the creation of harbors and …
The Plowshare Program | Science and Technology
The project was a multipurpose experiment designed to explore the feasibility of using a deeply buried explosion in a dry salt bed for isotope production, power recovery and scientific experiments.
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2024年9月19日 · Project Chariot, launched in 1958, was the first Plowshare project seriously considered. It was a proposal to create an artificial harbor in Cape Thompson, a remote area on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Project Plowshare: Nuclear Bombs as Potential Construction ...
2024年8月29日 · Project Plowshare: Nuclear Bombs as Potential Construction Tools. Scientists observe a massive underground explosion conducted as part of Project Plowshare in 1964 at the Nevada Test Site.
Project Plowshare: The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in ...
2021年8月9日 · Project Plowshare, the fifteen-year U.S. program to use nuclear explosives to construct canals, enlarge ports, build storage facilities and roads, mine for ores and hydrocarbons—that is, for purposes not related to war—has been largely forgotten by the public.
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Proving Grounds: Project Plowshare and the Unrealized Dream ...
2006年12月1日 · Project Plowshare was a program carried out by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (aec) from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. Its purpose was to investigate the use of nuclear explosives for peaceful purposes, such as building canals, creating harbors, cutting paths for roads and railways, and freeing natural gas reserves trapped underground.
Project Plowshare: The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in ...
2014年3月1日 · After the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963, Project Plowshare—the idea of engineering (building canals, creating harbors, cutting paths for roads and railways, and freeing natural gas reserves trapped underground) with peaceful nuclear explosions (pnes)—might have died a natural death.
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