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To: axial who wrote (30474)	7/22/2009 7:55:37 PM
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A Peaceful Use for Atomic Blasts: Gas Exploration. Absurd, you say? -- In Pursuit of Natural Gas, Companies Inch Ever Closer to a Nuclear Blast Site By Jeremy Miller \| NY Times \| July 22, 2009 On Sept. 10, 1969, the Atomic Energy Commission lowered a 43-kiloton nuclear device – roughly three times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima – into an 8,400-foot hole bored into a flat-topped mountain near Grand Junction, Colo. Then it was detonated. The blast carved out an egg-shaped underground pocket, 150 feet in diameter. The effort, known as Project Rulison, was part of the Atomic Energy Commission’s “Project Plowshare,” which sought “peaceful” – mostly excavational – uses for the United States’ nuclear arsenal. Between 1961 and 1973, 27 such devices were tested, most of them in Nevada. The goal of the Rulison detonation was to unlock natural gas deposits deep underground. Cont.: greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com -- Which inspired my hunting down this clip on YouTube: The Rulison Project: Clip from "National Sacrifice Zone" Historical footage of the Rulison nuclear blast in W. Colorado augmented by interviews with current concerned local citizens. The effort, known as Project Rulison, was part of the Atomic Energy Commission’s “Project Plowshare,” which sought “peaceful” – mostly excavational – uses for the United States’ nuclear arsenal. Between 1961 and 1973, 27 such devices were tested, most of them in Nevada. View Clip: youtube.com Rulisson Project entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org ------