Estimates of the nuclear design requirement for the Pechora-Kama Canal project

• Main Author: Nordyke, Milo D.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1979
• Subjects: Nuclear Explosions; Inland Waterways; Europe; Nuclear Excavation; Excavation; Feasibility Studies; Ussr; Explosions 450201* > Military Technology; Weaponry; & National Defense > Nuclear Explosions & Explosives > Containment; 45 Military Technology; And National Defense; Kama; Pechora
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6426786; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1206652/

The Soviet Union is considering the use of nuclear emplosives to excavate a portion of the Pechora-Kama Canal to divert water from northward-flowing rivers into the Caspian Sea. The Soviets have provided a general description of the Canal project, but detailed analyses of the nuclear design, includi...