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Title:

CONSTRUCTION AND FEASIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR EXCAVATION

Accession Number:

00215791

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE PROJECT CARRYALL FEASIBILITY WAS DETERMINED OF EXCAVATING WITH NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES A CUT OF THE REQUIRED LENGTH /APPROXIMATELY 2-MILES/, BOTTOM WIDTH /APPROXIMATELY 325 FT/ AND DEPTH /BETWEEN 100 AND 350 FT/ INVOLVING THE REMOVAL OF 68,000,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC CONTROLS WERE ESTABLISHED AND THE CRATER AND ADJACENT AREAS MAPPED. THE ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESULTING CUT, SUCH AS SLOPE STABILITY, ROCK SIZE, AND COMPACTION WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY THROUGH THE CUT, USING CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WITHOUT INORDINATE OR EXTRAORDINARY COSTS. NO OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. THE COST OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS ESTIMATED TO BE 8,000,000 DOLLARS LESS THAN THE CONVENTIONAL SOLUTION, EXCLUSIVE OF CHARGES FOR THE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES. ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONVENTIONAL ENGEIEERING TECHNIQUES.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Title:

Nuclear Excavation 1963

Monograph Accession #:

01485418

Authors:

Prentice, H C
Peterson Jr, E J L

Pagination:

pp 48-53

Publication Date:

1964

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 50
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (1)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Construction; Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Railroads

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 1994 12:00AM

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