Plowshare Symposium, 1964: Engineering with Nuclear Explosives Page: V
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CONTENTS
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Forew ord............................................................ .iii
Introduction.... ......... ......................................................... 1
Richard Hamburger, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
The Plowshare Program, History and Goals.................................... .3
Gerald W. Johnson, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore
Characteristics of Nuclear Explosives ................................................7
W. J. Frank, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore
Heavy Isotope Production by Nuclear Explosive Devices .................................. 11
D. W. Dorn, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore
Applications of Nuclear Explosives to Measurements of Neutron Interactions by Foil Activation:
The "Wheel" Method ..... .................................................... 21
G. A. Cowan, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico
Applications of Nuclear Explosions in Cross-Section Measurements ......................... 25
B. C. Diven, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico
Proposal of Experiments on Electromagnetic Radiation from a Distant Nuclear Explosion ..... ...31
Wilson K. Talley and Edward Teller, University of California, Davis - Livermore
Calculation of the Shock Wave from an Underground Nuclear Explosion................... 37
T. R. Butkovich, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore'
Cratering Experience with Chemical and Nuclear Explosives......................... 51
M. D. Nordyke, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore
Calculation of Explosion-Produced Craters.. ........................................... 75
J. B. Knox and R. W. Terhune, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore
Engineering Properties of Explosion-Produced Craters............................. 99
W. C. Sherman, Jr., and W. E. Strohm, Jr., U. S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment
Station, Vicksburg, Miss.
Contained Nuclear Detonations in Four Media -- Geological Factors in Cavity and
Chimney Formation .... .................................................... 109
C. R. Boardman, David D. Rabb, and Richard D. McArthur, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory,
Livermore
Distribution in Groundwater of Radionuclides from Underground Nuclear Explosions ......... ...127
Frank W. Stead, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Fallout Calculations and Measurement........................................ 139
M. M. Williamson, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermorev
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