Atomic Testing in Mississippi : Project Dribble and the Quest for Nuclear Weapons Treaty Verification in the Cold War Era /

"In Atomic Testing in Mississippi, David Allen Burke illuminates the nearly forgotten history of America's only nuclear detonations east of the Mississippi River. The atomic tests, conducted in the mid-1960s nearly 3,000 feet below ground in Mississippi's Tatum Salt Dome, posed a pote...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burke, David Allen, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Underground nuclear explosions
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Detection > Research
Nuclear arms control > Verification
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Explosions nucleaires souterraines > Mississippi > Histoire.
Explosions nucleaires souterraines > Detection > Recherche > Histoire.
Armes nucleaires > Essais > Detection > Recherche > Histoire.
Armes nucleaires > Contrôle > Verification > Histoire.
Underground nuclear explosions > Mississippi > History.
Underground nuclear explosions > Detection > Research > History.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Detection > Research > History.
Nuclear arms control > Verification > History.
Mississippi
Mississippi > Lamar County.
Lamar County (Miss.) > History > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: I had no idea
  • Humble origins
  • Timber, oil, and atoms
  • The road to Dribble
  • Cowboy and the big hole theory
  • MITRC, MCEC, and the Tatum Decision
  • Salmon Run
  • Shoot that damn thing
  • A silver lining and a Miracle Play
  • Nuclear waste
  • Conclusion: costly success.

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