Operation Plowshare, Sedan Crater

Storax Sedan, an underground 100-kiloton thermonuclear test conducted at Nevada Test Site on July 6, 1962 as part of Operation Plowshare, was a program designed to develop peaceful uses for nuclear explosives, such as canal and harbor building. Sedan left the largest man-made crater in the United States, displacing 12 million tons of earth and measuring 320 feet deep by 1280 feet in diameter. A circular area was levelled at the bottom of the crater to stop earth that might slide into the centre, where sample drilling began eight months after the detonation.

1962 • 6 • ACONTECIMIENTO • AMERICA • AMERICANO • ARMAS • ARTIFICIAL • ATOMO • CIENCIA • CIRUGIA • COLOREADA • COMPROBAR • CRATER (GEOLOGIA) • CRATER • ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA • FAMOSA • FAMOSO • HECHO • HIDROGENO • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • HOMBRE • IMPORTANTE • INVESTIGACION • JULIO • LUGAR • LUGARES • MADE • MEJORA • NACIONAL • NUCLEAR • NUCLEARES • OPERACION QUIRURGICA • OPERACION • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • S. VI • S. XX • SECUELAS • SIGLO VI • SIGLO XX • SIGLO • SÍTIO • TECNOLOGÍA • TECNOLÓGICA