Nuclear Bombs Considered as Potential Construction Tools

ENR HISTORY The Atomic Age of the 1950s was dominated by the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to develop increasingly powerful nuclear weapons, as well as parallel efforts to better harness the power of the atom to produce electricity. The commission downplayed many of their findings on th...

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Published inENR Vol. 293; no. 4; pp. 22 - 23
Main Author Lewis, Scott
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York BNP Media 02.09.2024
Subjects
Bans
Bombings
Bombs
Engineering firms
Engineers
Environmental impact statements
Explosions
Explosives
Fallout
Natural gas
Nuclear tests
Nuclear weapons
United States > US
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR
Panama Canal
Nevada
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Summary:ENR HISTORY The Atomic Age of the 1950s was dominated by the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to develop increasingly powerful nuclear weapons, as well as parallel efforts to better harness the power of the atom to produce electricity. The commission downplayed many of their findings on the potential negative impact of fallout on plant and animal life as well as on indigenous populations' hunting activities, and it delayed final report publication by several years. The project's final report, published by the commission in 1966, is said to have been "regarded as the first de facto environmental impact statement," according to the book The Firecracker Boys by Dan O'Neill.
ISSN:0891-9526