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Re: A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
November 4, 2010
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A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 (Minus North Korea

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November 4, 2010
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This is the reason why cockroaches are so hard to kill

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Holy crap...I had no idea there have been that many.  Thanks for that eye-opening link, Mark.  I'm still stunned...

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Cali should be glowing...

November 6, 2010
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Michi wrote:Cali should be glowing...

along with a section of the Pacific

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November 6, 2010
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Michi wrote:Cali should be glowing...

I'm not sure, but I would hazard the guess that most of those west coast tests were confined to Nevada.  The tests the US conducted in the ocean were well away from inhabited areas but they didn't expect the winds to carry the fallout as far as it did.  One of the tests resulted in burns and radiation poisoning of the crew of a local fishing boat.  Another "space rainbow" test created an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) that blacked out most of Honolulu.

I wonder if they included the underground and atmospheric tests - some were conducted as far away from Nevada's test sides as Mississippi and Hawai'i.

November 6, 2010
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There is a partial list: http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiNuclear_we ... ted_States

Some were well inland:

Fallon, Nevada

Green Valley, Colorado - The aim of Project Rulison was to determine if natural gas could be easily liberated from underground regions. The test had a yield of 43-kilotons. After the test, the natural gas that was extracted was determined to be too radioactive to be sold commercially.

Rifle, Colorado - The Rio Blanco test site had three simultaneously detonated 30 kiloton bombs, each at the bottom of a shaft more than a mile deep.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Two nuclear detonations performed in a subterranean salt dome formation, as part of a 1960's Atomic Energy Commission Test. The first detonation, to form the cavity, code-named Salmon, took place in 1964 using a 5.3 kiloton bomb, placed at the bottom of a sealed 2,710-foot shaft. The second nuclear blast, a relatively small 0.38 kilotons yield shot code-named Sterling, was exploded within Salmon's 110-foot diameter cavity more than two years later.

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