Operation Plowshare
term for United States plan to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes
Episodes
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#5795: Digging Harbors with Nuclear Bombs: Project PlowshareFrom Sedan's 104-kiloton crater to a plan for 520 bombs in the Negev — how the atomic age tried to become civil engineering.Main topic -
#5797: How Many Nuclear Tests Have There Really Been?Three credible sources, three different numbers — and the gap isn't new explosions. It's what each one decided to count.