Atomic testing in Mississippi [electronic resource] : Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era / David Allen Burke.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)ISBN:- 9780807145845
- 9780807145852
- Lamar County, Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Underground nuclear explosions -- Mississippi -- History
- Underground nuclear explosions -- Detection -- Research -- History
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Detection -- Research -- History
- Nuclear arms control -- Verification -- History
- Project Dribble ; Salmon Event ; Salmon Site ; Tatum Salt Dome ; Vela Uniform
- 623.4/51190287 23
- UA12.5 .B87 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: I had no idea -- Humble origins -- Timber, oil, and atoms -- The road to Dribble -- Cowboy and the big hole theory -- MITRC, MCEC, and the Tatum Decision -- Salmon Run -- Shoot that damn thing -- A silver lining and a Miracle Play -- Nuclear waste -- Conclusion: costly success.
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