The Firecracker Boys
by Dan O'Neill · first published 2007
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For a more in-depth look at Project Chariot and the general strangeness that surrounded it, find yourself a copy of The Firecracker Boys: https://www.amazon.com/Firecracker-Boys-Dan-ONeill/dp/046500...
on “A 1950s proposal to nuke Alaska (2015)” ↗"The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement" by Dan O'Neill is highly recommended.
on “Why the U.S. once set off a nuclear bomb in space” ↗related reading .. The Firecracker Boys, by Alaskan author Dan O'Neil .. recommended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Neill_(writer)
on “Kodak's Discovery of A-Bomb Testing (2016)” ↗…above expected and was a fallout disaster that was known at the time[1]. Castle Bravo was in 1954. He began to push for for Plowshare in the late 50s. Here he is in 1965 advocating for it.[2] Read "The Firecracker Boys" if you are interested in a lot more detail.[3] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo#High_levels_of_fa... [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-IqOHDr_k [3] - https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Firecracker_Boys.ht...
on “A Soviet scientist dreamed of melting the Arctic with a 55 mile dam (2013)” ↗I read Firecracker Boys and had lunch with the author! recommended
on “Chernobyl particles reveal unexpectedly stable nuclear fuel after 40 years” ↗