General Report on the Economics of the Peaceful Uses of Underground Nuclear Explosions

Abstract

The Plowshare program of the Atomic Energy Commission sets forth to put nuclear explosives to peaceful, economic use. The present report evaluates the major fields of application proposed up to now for such explosives. They are the stimulation of gas and oil reservoirs, production of shale oil, applications to mining, cratering, and a list of various other projects, among them storage of natural gas, waste disposal and water resource management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1967
Accession Number
ADA397361

Entities

People

  • Klaus-peter Heiss
  • Oskar Morgenstern

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Business Administration
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Gases
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Natural Gas
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Petroleum
  • United States
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security