Project Wagon Wheel (U.S.) records 1969-1971

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Project Wagon Wheel (U.S.) records 1969-1971

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Project Wagon Wheel aimed to use nuclear explosions for natural gas exploration. Records include drill logs, shot effects, strip charts, and reports.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Project Wagon Wheel (U.S.)

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Project Wagon Wheel was created to see if it was feasible to use underground nuclear blasting for natural gas exploration south of Pinedale, Wyoming. By 1971 political pressure from environmental groups and local residents stopped the Wagon Wheel Project. From the guide to the Project Wagon Wheel (U.S.) records, 1969-1971, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) ...

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...