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It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available. | Divine Strake is the name given to a large high-explosive test by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, originally planned to take place on June 2, 2006 at the site of an existing underground tunnel in the United States Department of Energy Nevada Test Site. It may now be postponed[1] until June 23 as the result of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Native American and environmentalist groups concerned that the explosion could thrust into the atmosphere nuclear fallout from previous tests at the Nevada Test Site. The test will utilize 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (the equivalent of 593 tons of TNT). According to a draft environmental impact assessment filed by the National Nuclear Security Administration in May, 2006, the charge will be emplaced in a circular pit some 32 feet in diameter with a hemispherical bottom. The center of gravity of the charge will be at least 20 feet below ground level. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ...
November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. ...
June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ...
The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with chemical formula NH4NO3, is commonly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertiliser. ...
Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. ...
TNT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including: // Chemicals Trinitrotoluene, the chemical explosive usually known as TNT. Alkyl nitrites, TNT is a UK brand for this medicinal and recreational drug. ...
Some media reports have stated that the purpose of Divine Strake is to test the ability of a conventional explosive to penetrate underground military compounds. However other reports suggest that this explanation is not credible given the weight, dimensions and emplacement of the charge and that the program is designed to test the effects of a nuclear bunker buster on deeply buried tunnel structures. The organization immediately responsible for conducting the test, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, states that "The experiment is not being conducted in support of any specific existing or planned nuclear or conventional weapon. However, the data from DIVINE STRAKE and previous smaller explosive tests against the tunnel will be used to support improvement of computer modeling codes for predicting ground shock propogation and ground motion." Subsidence craters left over after underground nuclear (test) explosions Bunker-busting nuclear weapons are a type of nuclear weapon which are designed to penetrate into soil, rock or concrete to deliver a nuclear warhead. ...
Effects The test is reminiscent of The Gadget test of 1945, and is expected to produce a mushroom cloud: however, this test is far smaller than the Minor Scale simulated-nuclear explosion at White Sands Missile Range in 1985. The test, which should not be visible from Las Vegas, is expected to shoot a cloud of debris 10,000 feet in the air and result in a 3.1- to 3.4-magnitude earthquake. A leading environmental consultant, Richard L. Miller, believes that six tests conducted in the 1950s may have spread contamination over the area where the Pentagon plans to detonate the explosives [2]. The question of radioactive contamination has been raised by two Utah legislators, Senator Orrin Hatch and Representative Jim Matheson, who have asked for detailed mapping of the contamination surrounding the Divine Strake site. The gadget, partially assembled on the shot tower for the Trinity test. ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 A mushroom cloud is a distinctive mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke, flame, or debris resulting from a very large explosion. ...
Minor Scale fireball immediately after detonation Minor Scale was a test conducted by the United States Defense Nuclear Agency (now part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) involving the detonation of several thousand tons of conventional explosives for the purpose of simulating the explosion of a small nuclear bomb. ...
The word nuclear means of or belonging to the nucleus of something. ...
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in a valley between the Organ Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico. ...
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This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...
The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ...
The radiation warning symbol (trefoil). ...
Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934 in Pittsburgh) is a five-term Republican United States Senator, from Utah. ...
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