Without Fall-Out
(N.Z.P.A .-Seufer— Copyright) WASHINGTON. May 13.
The United States was on the verge of perfecting a nuclear explosive almost comnletely free of radioactive fall-out, the "Washington Post” said today.
Such a "super-clean” nuclear explosive had been long sought for use in excavating harbours and canals and for other peaceful purposes.
The "Washington Post” said two nuclear excavations tests in January and March of this year at the Nevada proving ground held under the United States “Ploughshare” programme for developing peaceful uses of nuclear devices had pointed the way to the virtually complete elimination of fall-out. The newspaper quoted unnamed officials as saying fall-out was confined in both cases to an area no more than a few hundred yards from the craters, and radiation as the source could not be detected three days after the shots.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31678, 14 May 1968, Page 17
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137Without Fall-Out Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31678, 14 May 1968, Page 17
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