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"Sandia Corporation Monthly Reports" 1958-1963
LASL Report Library
1957
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From the first report in this series, December, 4696, the Sandia status of their
activity on each specific nuclear device is detailed, including both those in
| development and those in production.
There are also sections addressed to
carrier systems, test operations such as Hara Tack, other types of tests run
by Sandia at Eglin, Salton Sea, White Sands, and other locations; and various
other special projects and studies including in this month workon new balloons.
As of this time Sandia is active in a program to develop an aerodynamic balloon
capability with the first flight tests scheduled at the NTS in May and June of
1958.
April, 1958:
Under the Hard Tack operation is noted the Pinon shot which is to be the UN
observer test scheduled as the last event in Hard Tack.
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Also noted in this month is
the Sandia participation in the Harbor operation in Alaska for Plowshare.
"Sandia
will assist in topographic studies of the coast around Cape Thompson to choose the
most feasible Locations.
Field surveys will be made this summer and the exact
location decided upon late in the summer.
1959.
Actual work is expected to begin in
AEC has approved the FY '59 preliminary work."
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May, 1958:
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Under specific device activities, first mention of Sandia's participation in the
Nike Zeus warhead which is still in Phase II but on which Sandia will begin work
when Phase III is authorized.
This is expected to happen very soon.
Under the
heading of Plowshare, Sandia is analyzing and investigating tne possibilities of
using nuclear explosives for underground oil storage tanks.
Based on Rainier data,
the volume of a cavity from a nuclear detonation is estimated
to be 410,000 times
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