Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962, as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes. [2]

The Nevada National Security Site, formerly Nevada Test Site, is the area located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Visitors can count on accessing over 250 miles of the National Security Site, including Mercury, Nevada and Sedan Crater, areas otherwise completely off …

2015年7月3日 · Early in our experimentation with nuclear energy, researchers wanted to test its viability in industrial applications such as mining. Part of Operation Plowshare, so named to reflect the use of the...

Sedan Crater was formed on July 6, 1962, when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, predecessor of the U.S. Department of Energy, conducted an excavation experiment using a 104-kiloton thermonuclear device. The test, detonated 635 feet underground, helped develop technology for earth-moving projects. The awe-inspiring explosion displaced about

Sedan crater. One notable test shot was the "Sedan" shot of Operation Storax on July 6, 1962, a 104-kiloton-of-TNT (440 TJ) shot for Operation Plowshare, which sought to prove that nuclear weapons could be used for peaceful means in creating bays or canals. It created a crater 1,280 feet (390 m) wide and 320 feet (100 m) deep.

On July 6, 1962, the Sedan Event, the largest of the Project Plowshare experiments, was conducted at the Nevada Test Site. This 100-kiloton blast produced a crater approximately 1,200-feet-in-diameter, with a depth of 320 feet into the desert floor.

The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more US residents than any other nuclear test. The Sedan Crater is the largest human-made crater in the United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

2016年4月14日 · Crater from the 1962 “Sedan” nuclear test as part of Operation Plowshare. The 104 kiloton blast displaced 12 million US tons (10.9 million metric tons) of earth and created a crater 320 feet (98 meters) deep and 1,200 feet (366 meters) wide.

The 1962 "Sedan" plowshares shot displaced 12 million tons of earth and created a crater 320 feet (98 m) deep and 1,280 feet (390 m) wide. Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear …

A 104 kiloton thermonuclear explosion on July 6, 1962 created the Sedan Crater in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada Test Site. At 1,214 feet in diameter and 330 feet deep, Sedan is the largest nuclear-caused crater in the United States.