Project Gnome Technical Report

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Univ Of Calif Lawrence Radiation Lab

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a technical report on Project Gnome, the first experiment of the Atomic Energy Commission's Plowshare Program to study peaceful applications of nuclear explosives. Uses animation to illustrate the goals of the program. Discusses the phenomenology of a nuclear explosion in a dry salt medium, power and isotope production studies and neutron physics experiments.


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