July 1962-June 1963
The Commission conducted Operation
Storax at the Nevada Test Site; all
testswere underground. Operation
Dominic II, conducted at the Nevada
_ Test Site during July 1962 was the last
above ground test series held in the
United States.
July 6, 1962
Project Plowshare's shot "Sedan" was
detonated at the Nevada Test Site.
October 1962
Cuban missile crisis.
June 3-6, 1963
Joint Comittee on Atomic Energy held
hearings on fallout and radiation.
August 5, 1963
The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
signed by the United States, Great
Britain, and Soviet Union, banned
nuclear tests in the oceans,
atmosphere, and outer space. The
Treaty took effect in November 1963.
January 8, 1964
President Johnson announced a 25
percent reduction in the production of ©
enriched uranium and shutdown of four
production reactors.
December 10, 1967
Project "Gasbuggy," a Peaceful Nuclear
Explosive, was detonated in New Mexico
as part of Project Plowshare. It was
the first joint government industry
natural gas stimulation experiment.
Project Rulison, September 10, 1969 and
Project Rio Blanco May 17, 1973 were
also gas stimulation experiments.
The Camnmission detonated shot "Milrow”
at Amchitka, Alaska.
March 5, 1970
Ratification of the Treaty for the
Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons by
the United States, the United Kingda,
and the Soviet Union and 45 other
nations.
August 17, 1971
James R. Schlesinger became chairman of
the Atamic Energy Commission.
November 6, 1971
The Commission detonated shot
"“Cannikin" at Amchitka, Alaska.
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October 2, 1969