Project Gasbuggy - The Resourceful Atom

Duration: 15 min

Year Published: 1968

Creator: San Francisco Operations Office Of U S Atomic Energy Commission

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes a project, involving government and industry, to study whether nuclear explosions can be safely used to perform massive underground engineering tasks for more efficient recovery of natural resources. Points out the results of a test performed in New Mexico in early 1968.