Placard at the site of Project Gasbuggy, Dulce, New Mexico, USA. On 10th December 1967, the United States Atomic Energy Commission carried out a nuclear detonation, designed to fracture rock in order to extract natural gas. Project Gasbuggy was part of Operation Plowshare, a government program aimed at finding peaceful uses for nuclear explosions. It worked as planned, except that the gas that was liberated was too radioactive to be used. | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / West, Jim |
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