Preliminary Results of a Survey for Thick High-Calcium Limestone Deposits in the United States (with a Section on Possible Alaskan Sites for Nuclear Reaction Experiment in Limestone)

摘要

Of the many areas that have received preliminary appraisal as potential sites for an underground nuclear explosion in a thick sequence of high-calcium limestone, 10 in the continental United States and 6 in Alaska appear to offer possibilities of meeting the primary criteria of purity and thickness. Field examination of these areas can be undertaken to determine whether they are suitable, but an approximation of the time involved suggests that 6 man-weeks of fieldwork would be required for each field appraisal. Further work would be required to locate sites in any of the areas that proved promising.