The test was conducted to gain a better understanding of excavation in regard to possible construction of canals harbors highway and railroad cuts through mountains open pit mining and quarry construction related projects. Another stop on the tour is sedan crater one of the largest man made craters on earth. Nuclear energy wasn.
The sedan crater is the result of a massive underground nuclear test the fallout of which may have ended up irradiating more people than any other u s. At 1 214 feet in diameter and 330 feet deep sedan is the largest nuclear caused crater in the united states. A 104 kiloton thermonuclear explosion on july 6 1962 created the sedan crater in area 10 of yucca flat at the nevada test site.
Instead of testing for warfare purposes the bomb was intended to test the feasibility of using nuclear explosions for civilian purposes such as facilitating mining. The sedan crater located in nevada s area 51 test site usa was formed on july 6 1962 by a 104 kiloton nuclear explosion. Storax sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in area 10 of yucca flat at the nevada test site on 6 july 1962 as part of operation plowshare a program to.
It is the result of the sedan nuclear test an underground nuclear test carried out on 6 july 1962 as part of the plowshare program established in june 1957 to explore peaceful applications for controlled nuclear detonations. The sedan nuclear crater is located at the nevada test site about 90 miles north of las vegas. Even though this nuclear explosion was conducted in a controlled manner and for a peaceful purpose it exposed millions of people to harmful radioactive waste.
About 56 years ago the us government conducted a nuclear test in nevada creating the biggest man made crater on earth the sedan crater. Over 10 000 people per year visit the crater through free. The crater is the result of the displacement of 12 000 000 short tons 11 000 000 t of earth.
The crater was listed on the national register of historic places on march 21 1994. Sedan crater is the result of the sedan nuclear test and is located within the nevada test site 12 miles 19 km southwest of groom lake nevada area 51. The device had an explosive power of 104 kilotons the equivalent of around eight hiroshima bombs the blast displaced more than 12 million tons of soil and created a crater 100 metres deep and 390 metres in diameter the largest man made crater in the united states.
On 6 july 1962 the united states conducted the sedan nuclear test at the nevada test site.
Nuclear test sedan crater. Storax sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in area 10 of yucca flat at the nevada national security site on july 6 1962 as part of operation plowshare a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining cratering and other civilian purposes. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more us residents than any other nuclear test.
The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more us residents than any other nuclear test. Storax sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in area 10 of yucca flat at the nevada national security site on july 6 1962 as part of operation plowshare a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining cratering and other civilian purposes.
