During World War II, few working on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb had a good understanding of the effect of nuclear radiation. Before 1963, it was common to conduct nuclear tests ...

The Plowshare program was both a public relations ploy and a serious scientific study. It was an attempt to see if nuclear bombs could be used in peaceful constructive ways. If it had been successful, ...

Under its Plowshare program, the Atomic Energy Commission has been investigating the use of nuclear explosives to blast out harbors and canals, to create underground storage cavities, and to release ...