[ RadSafe ] Information on Sedan Crater

[William Lipton]

When I was at the Nevada Test Site for training, in 1979, the class visited
the Sedan Crater.  The instructor challenged us to throw a stone from the
edge of the crater hard enough so it would land at the center.  No one could
do that.

Bill Lipton


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Hansen, Richard <HansenRG at nv.doe.gov> wrote:

> Franz,
>
>
>
> Here is some more information about Sedan Crater. I have been there many
> times, and it still impresses me when standing on the lip of this
> massive crater.
>
>
>
> Sedan Crater at the Nevada Test Site was formed on July 6, 1962, when
> the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, predecessor of the U.S. Department of
> Energy (DOE), conducted an excavation experiment using a 104-kiloton
> thermonuclear device. The test, detonated 635 feet underground, was part
> of a project to develop technology for earth moving projects. The
> explosion displaced about 12 million tons of earth, creating a crater
> 1,280 feet in diameter and 320 feet deep. The force of the detonation
> released seismic energy equivalent to an earthquake with a magnitude of
> 4.75 on the Richter Scale. Today, there is a visitor stand on the lip of
> the crater.
>
>
>
> If you look at the photo of Sedan Crater at
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/photos/photodetails.aspx?ID=799
>
> you can see the visitor stand at the bottom left side of the crater.
>
>
>
> Fact Sheets with photos at:
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/factsheets/DOENV_712.pdf
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/factsheets/DOENV_766.pdf
>
>
>
> You can view video clips of the detonation (Project Sedan Parts 1-5) at:
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/testfilms.aspx
>
>
>
> Public Tours of the Nevada Test Site
>
> The U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration
> Nevada Site Office provides free general interest tours on a monthly
> basis. One of the sites on the tour is Sedan Crater. For more
> information on tours:
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/tours.aspx
>
> http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/factsheets/DOENV_1033.pdf
>
>
>
> Emergency responders who take free (FEMA-funded) Radiological/Nuclear
> WMD courses at the Nevada Test Site also have the opportunity see the
> Sedan Crater.
>
> www.ctosnnsa.org
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rick Hansen
>
> Senior Scientist
>
> Counter Terrorism Operations Support Program
>
> National Security Technologies, LLC, for the U.S. Dept of Energy
>
> hansenrg at nv.doe.gov <mailto:hansenrg at nv.doe.gov>
>
> www.ctosnnsa.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of
>
> franz.schoenhofer at chello.at
>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:32 PM
>
> To: McClung, Danny; radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
>
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] A modest proposal
>
>
>
> Yes, Dan,
>
>
>
> Since you rather more than less invite RADSAFErs for comments, please
>
> accept mine: Being an Austrian citizen, but having been trravelled a lot
>
> in this world I unfortunately do not know the "Sedan Crater". I have
>
> been contemplating in HIroshima, Nagasaki, on the Trinity site and under
>
> an extensive research project on the Mururoa and Fangataufa sites where
>
> most of the French tests have been conducted.
>
>
>
> This proposal for stopping the oil spill by nuclear bombs is absolutely
>
> unacceptable. First of all  nuclear explosions are definitely prohibited
>
> by international law. The USA has violated international law (e.g.
>
> Iraq), to such an extent that I do not believe that it would be accepted
>
> in such a case,  take the public opinion into consideration..
>
>
>
> How can anybody propose such a solution? How can mass media distribute
>
> such an outstanding nonsense? How can this be distributed world-wide?
>
>
>
> But finally it seems to me that this was discussed at RADSAFE seriously
>
> as a possibility. How can this happen within the learned community or
>
> RADSAFE???
>
>
>
> Franz
>
>
>
> (Happy to not being blocked any more on RADSAFE.)
>
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