Cape Thompson - Project Chariot

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Project Chariot was a 1958-1962 US Atomic Energy Commission proposal to construct an artificial harbor at Cape Thompson on the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska by burying and detonating a string of nuclear devices.

Excellent read: arcticcircle.uconn.edu/SEEJ/chariotseej.html

"...One of the [Project Chariot] studies performed was called the "tracer experiment" in which radioactive materials from a Nevada test site were applied to small plots in the Ogotoruk Creek basin. These plots were then spinkled with water and the resulting runoff was analyzed to determine the dispersion of the radioactive material throughout the area. At the conclusion of the experiment, the soil at the test plots was dug up and buried in a single mound near the junction of Snowbank and Ogotoruk Creeks. "
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chariot_(1958)
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Coordinates:   68°6'5"N   165°45'1"W

Comments

  • when you have a brand new hammer, every problem looks like a nail...
  • So odd, as there are numerous natural harbors 10 miles to the NW.
  • anything for money
  • везде бардак
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