Peaceful Nuclear Explosions V; Proceedings of a Technical Committee on the Practical Applications of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Explosions Organized By the International Atomic Energy Agency and Held in Vienna 22-24 November 1976 Sti/Pub/478
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Fair. [12], 198, [2] pages. Tables. Figures. Formulae. References. List of Participants. Some text in French and Russian. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Some moisture stains noted--all pages separated and text clear. This is one of the Panel Proceedings Series. The present proceedings contain nine papers dealing with phenomenology, with applications and projects, and with health and safety. The information given in the papers comprises results from investigations of PNE Projects actually carried out, the concept and status of potential PNE project at present under review, a concept study for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, m as well as suggestions related to health and safety aspects of PNE projects. The text of an oral statement on the potential use of PNEs for the off-shore construction of storage reservoirs for liquid hydrocarbons is included in an Annex. In addition, representations of seven Member Sates gave grief outlines of their nation's views on the uses of nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. The meeting was attended by nine participants and 48 observers from 25 Member States. Among the topics addressed were: Industrial Applications of Peaceful Nuclear Explosions, Natural Gas Stimulation, Oil Reservoir Stimulation, Underground Engineering Applications, Underground Engineering Explosive and Emplacement Considerations, Natural Gas Field Development with Nuclear Explosives, Nuclear Explosive Engineering Technology, Storage of Natural Gas in Cavities, Extinguishing Uncontrolled Gas Wells, Mechanical and Seismic Effects, Explosion Seismology, Radiological Assessments, Plowshare Detonation Risk Estimations. Radiological Safety, Radioactivity Released by Nuclear Explosions. Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes. Proposed uses include excavation for the building of canals and harbors, electrical generation, the use of nuclear explosions to drive spacecraft, and as a form of wide-area fracking. PNEs were an area of some research from the late 1950s into the 1980s, primarily in the United States and Soviet Union. In the U.S., a series of tests were carried out under Project Plowshare. Some of the ideas considered included blasting a new Panama Canal, the use of underground explosions to create electricity, [citation needed] and a variety of geological studies. The largest of the excavation tests was carried out in the Sedan nuclear test in 1962, which released large amounts of radioactive gas into the air. By the late 1960s, public opposition to Plowshare was increasing, and a 1970s study of the economics of the concepts suggested they had no practical use. Plowshare saw decreasing interest from the 1960s, and was officially canceled in 1977. The Soviet program started a few years after the U.S. efforts and explored many of the same concepts under their Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program. The program was more extensive, eventually conducting 239 nuclear explosions. Some of these tests also released radioactivity, including a significant release of plutonium into the groundwater and the polluting of an area near the Volga River. A major part of the program in the 1970s and 80s was the use of very small bombs to produce shock waves as a seismic measuring tool, and as part of these experiments, two bombs were successfully used to seal blown-out oil wells. The program officially ended in 1988. As part of ongoing arms control efforts, both programs came to be controlled by a variety of agreements. Most notable among these is the 1976 Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty). The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty of 1996 prohibits all nuclear explosions, regardless of whether they are for peaceful purposes or not. Since that time the topic has been raised several times, often as a method of asteroid impact avoidance.
