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| #1373697 in Books | 1994-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x5.75 x1.50l, | File type: PDF | 388 pages||20 of 20 people found the following review helpful.| A Well Written and Researched Cautionary Tale|By A Customer|Behind the blithe title of this book is a serious work. More, it's an important book. Its subject is Project Chariot, a proposed nuclear excavation on Alaska's Bering Strait. Project Plowshare, initiated in the late 50's, was the umbrella effort to put nuclear explosions to work for non-military purposes, and Proj|From Kirkus s|The story of how we nearly Chernobylized our northwest Alaskan wilderness. O'Neill, a University of Alaska oral historian, builds on his previous studies of Project Chariot, a plan by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s to use a thermonuclea
In 1958, the U.S. government unveiled a plan to "improve Alaska's infrastructure" by detonating six hydrogen bombs along the Alaskan coast for a new harbor. The government claimed the blast wouldn't harm the environment or the Eskimos living nearby. This is a story of government arrogance and deception, and the people who fought against it--launching America's environmental movement.
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