Persimmon - A Nuclear Physics Experiment

Explains that for several years the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory has used intense bursts of neutrons produced by underground detonations of nuclear explosives to perform a variety of nuclear physics experiments. Discusses the experiments and describes the nuclear detonations and the collapse and cratering of the ground above it.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. usgov-av-1974 — title, year, creator, length, color, sound, description