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When I was in junior college I worked part-time for SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) as a draftsperson in their nuclear instrumentation division. While there I worked on three underground nuclear tests: | When I was in junior college I worked part-time for SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) as a draftsperson in their nuclear instrumentation division. While there I worked on three underground nuclear tests: | ||
| − | * Midas Myth/Milagro, | + | * Midas Myth/Milagro, 05-15-1984, <20 KT yield |
| − | * Misty Rain, 04- | + | * Misty Rain, 04-06-1985, <20 KT yield |
| − | * Mighty | + | * Mighty Oak 04-10-1986, <20 KT yield |
| − | These were a series of tests of the MIRV warhead | + | These were a series of tests of the W87 MIRV warhead for the new ''Peacekeeper'' MX missle. The DOE (Department of Energy) gives everyone who works on these tests a certificate that is a cartoon depicting the story of the test. During ''Mighty Oak'' the shot "cratered and vented", which means a collapse of the area above the test and the release of radioactive stuff into the atmosphere (36,000 curies worth). Sadly, a technician was killed when the trailer he was in fell into the crater. They left that part off of the certificate for that test. |
Weird. | Weird. | ||
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When I was in junior college I worked part-time for SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) as a draftsperson in their nuclear instrumentation division. While there I worked on three underground nuclear tests:
- Midas Myth/Milagro, 05-15-1984, <20 KT yield
- Misty Rain, 04-06-1985, <20 KT yield
- Mighty Oak 04-10-1986, <20 KT yield
These were a series of tests of the W87 MIRV warhead for the new Peacekeeper MX missle. The DOE (Department of Energy) gives everyone who works on these tests a certificate that is a cartoon depicting the story of the test. During Mighty Oak the shot "cratered and vented", which means a collapse of the area above the test and the release of radioactive stuff into the atmosphere (36,000 curies worth). Sadly, a technician was killed when the trailer he was in fell into the crater. They left that part off of the certificate for that test.
Weird.
Nuclear weapons are bad, they make me sad :(