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US Atomic Energy Commission's largest hydrogen bomb test recalled
Original: Today in Labor History November 6, 1971: The US Atomic Energy Commission conducted its largest ever underground hydrogen
On November 6, 1971, the US Atomic Energy Commission carried out its largest ever underground hydrogen bomb test, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. The blast had an explosive yield of almost 5 megatons of TNT and was detonated on a tectonically unstable island, raising longstanding concerns about earthquakes and environmental damage.
Why now: The anniversary of the Cannikin test is being marked in labor history retrospectives, renewing discussion of its environmental and seismic risks.
US Atomic Energy CommissionCannikinAmchitka IslandAleutian Islands
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- Today in Labor History November 6, 1971: The US Atomic Energy Commission conducted its largest ever underground hydrogen bomb test, code-named Cannikin, on the tectonically unstable Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. It had an explosive yield of almost 5 megatons of TNT.… · MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 4
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