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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 leveled at the bottom of the crater to stop earth that might slide into the center, where sample drilling began eight months after the detonation.

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Titre: Operation Plowshare, Sedan Crater

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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 leveled at the bottom of the crater to stop earth that might slide into the center, where sample drilling began eight months after the detonation.

Crédit: Album / DOE/Science Source

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Taille de l'image: 2952 × 3692 px | 31.2 MB

Taille d'impression: 25.0 × 31.3 cm | 1162.2 × 1453.5 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: AMÉRICAIN • BOMBE ATOMIQUE • CÉLÈBRE • CELEBRITE • ESSAI NUCLEAIRE • ÉVÉNEMENT • RECHERCHE • TECHNOLOGIE • XXE SIECLE