July or August ofnextyear ve willfire « 10 <2
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shot 1200 ft. underground in the Selade salt formation
30 miles from Carlebed,New Mexico. Specific teste
will examine the recoverability of heat for power, and
of valuable isotopes.<In addition we will gain further
information on underground shots in general.
(c) We are working withtheU. 3. Buresu of Mines, and
through then withthe-of1 industry at large, to prepare
a joint ABC-industry project for the falloaf 1959. The
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explosion would be ebout 1500 ft. underground on Government
lend in the Green Rivex oll shales of northern Colorada.
breekup of the shaleswould enable recovery of of] by an
insitu contustionprgaaes.
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(4) The Richfield 011Companyhas proposed on experinant in
the Athabeska tar sandsofnorthern Alberta. If thie
proves interesting +6:theCansdien Governuant as well,
the experiment can be performed in early 1960. ‘The
explosion would provide.« sump in an underlying hard
foes ata’ ganas heat! would initiate o11 flow from the
{e) Of the many possible ‘eivil engineering projects, I shall
mention only three: .
(1) A second istlmien‘canst for which the Pansia
Ganal. Company ie studying the use of nuclear
explosives. ones:
(2) A harbor ab CapeRocupeon 1n northwest Alaska,
for vhish wa havecompleted an on-site survey.
{3) A proposalto ingrove navigation in the River
Madeira, an Amenontributery in Brazil ang Boliva,
by Tenoval of rock bars.
In sumary, vntle some Gfthese applications may prove unesenemtonl
or even impossible, we feel thatall, shazld be attempted and.may lead
to unprecedented advancesin theixfields. For example, lastweek in
one ofour underground shotsinNevada, the tunnel vas found afterward
to be filled with explosive gaawhieh somehow had been produced by
the muclear explosion, probablyfrom the extreme conditions which
gave repid and perhaps usefulchemical transformations.
From this
leadwo may see possibilitiesof:additional utilisation of maclenr
heet fox generation of wet, Chemical products.