CWC Newsletter - December 26, 1962
“Nuclear excavation of large canals and underground water reservoirs can be done for one-tenth to one-twentieth the cost of conventional excavation. This is the conclusion of Dr. Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, associate director of Lawrence Radiation Lab and founding father of Project Plowshar...
| Main Author: | Colorado Water Congress |
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| Language: | English eng |
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1962
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http://hdl.handle.net/11166/168235 http://archives.mountainscholar.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17393coll32/id/3514 |
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“Nuclear excavation of large canals and underground water reservoirs can be done for one-tenth to one-twentieth the cost of conventional excavation. This is the conclusion of Dr. Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, associate director of Lawrence Radiation Lab and founding father of Project Plowshare, Atomic Energy Commission's program to develop peaceful uses for nuclear explosions. Teller's optimism stems from last summer's successful blast 635 feet underground in Nevada. It created an instant lake (less water), 1,200 feet wide, 320 feet deep. But Teller is pessimistic about AEC's rate of progress. He says Plowshare is actually getting nowhere due to "lack of imagination, lack of enterprise and some political timidity". He wants to A-blast a 40-mile canal section for a proposed waterway between two south-eastern river systems.” |
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