In the 1960s, Project Plowshare studied the effects of a nuclear explosion on geological materials on the ocean floor. Now, researcher Andy Haverly envisions taking it a step further as he looks for a ...

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, ...

During the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union each explored the possibility of using nuclear explosions for "peaceful" purposes. Their programs yielded little real benefit, but left behind ...

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 ...

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 ...