Nuclear Excavation for Canal Possible

Book Id: WPLBN0000116692
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.5 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Nuclear Excavation for Canal Possible
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt: A call for public hearings before a decision is made to use nuclear explosives in the excavation of a sea level canal was issued by the Committee for Nuclear Information - President Johnson’s announcement that a sea level canal is to be built. While the president’s announcement said nothing about tbe use of nuclear explosives, this possibility has been much discussed and the last Congress appropriated five million dollars for a survey. “If plans were for the use of conventional explosives:’ said the statement issued by Glenn Foller, CNI president, “it would seem likely that the conversion of the present canal into a sea-level canal would have been mentioned as one of the possibilities, since this would cost only about half as much as the cheapest new canal. Using nuclear methods would be far cheaper than either a new or converted canal dug by conventional methods.”

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