June 2005 issue of Harper's Magazine has a pretty good article called Buried Suns: The Past and Possible Future of America's Nuclear-Testing Program by David Samuels.
He goes and tours the Nevada Test Site and hangs out with some former employees... It's interesting and well written. Puts a bit of a human face on the proceedings there.
He goes and tours the Nevada Test Site and hangs out with some former employees... It's interesting and well written. Puts a bit of a human face on the proceedings there.
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Re: Buried Suns - Harper's June 2005
Tue, May 24, 2005 - 11:53 PMYeah, I read this article a couple days ago. Facinating piece. I was struck by the description of when they drilled into a blast cavity 15 months after the blast and ran into water that was 160 degrees. It still amazes me how much energy that is released by one of these blasts.
There were some beautiful pictures included in the article as well. Well, if you're the sort of person like me who sees beauty in a nuke shot...
I'd like to tour those blast fields someday; does anyone know how open they are? The article mentioned a museum in the area that's also opened up; that would be cool to visit sometime. -
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Re: Buried Suns - Harper's June 2005
Wed, May 25, 2005 - 6:26 AMHey Mike,
I dislike the health effects.
But,I do like the pics and vids too.
Checked out this site.
www.osti.gov/historicalfilms/dbhome.html
DOE Test Videoclips Web
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Re: Buried Suns - Harper's June 2005
Wed, May 25, 2005 - 1:41 PMThere's also the Bureau of Atomic Tourism website that has some good links.
www.atomictourist.com/
I was at the National Atomic Museum in NM some years ago and ran into a fellow who asked me to take his picture with one of the big MK bombs... I chatted with him a bit and he told me he was from Japan and going to all the "atomic" spots in the US on his vacation...
I think the National Atomic Museum has been moved off the air base in Albuquerque to a stripmall because of "security" concerns after 9/11. I haven't seen any pictures of the new location, but to me this is pretty shabby and pathetic. Our tax dollars go to this stuff at the very least we should have access to descent museums... Having been to the original museum site, it was cool to be on the air base and there was seriously nothing around that one could possibly sabotage with a minimum of effort security wise by the staff... I understand the need for "security" but this just bugs me.
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