Word: amchitka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President was prepared to defy the Supreme Court if it ruled against the Amchitka [atomic] blast in 1971. He was going to say: "Pull the trigger" and then explain that he had taken the action because it was vital to the military position of the U.S. vis-a-vis Russia. It was a Saturday-the day of the blast-when the court ruled that the test could be conducted. Everyone was in readiness to act if the ruling had gone the other...
...Atomic Energy Commission's announcement that it planned to test a multimegaton nuclear device under the Aleutian island of Amchitka last November touched off a shock wave of protest. Some critics charged that the explosion of an H-bomb in a region that was already known to be seismically active could trigger devastating quakes and the great sea waves, known as tsunamis, that often follow them. Environmentalists made dire predictions of a wildlife massacre. Nonetheless, the test took place, and it did not cause serious tremors or lasting environmental damage. Instead, after months of careful analysis, U.S. Government scientists...
That conclusion, by Wilfred P. Hasbrouck and Joe H. Allen of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is based on readings from magnetometers set up on Amchitka before Cannikin. Sensitive instruments were placed on each side of one of the faults that cross the thin 42-mile-long Aleutian island. A magnetometer on the side where the nuclear device was detonated quickly registered an increase of nine gammas* in the local magnetic field. On the opposite side of the fault from ground zero, the intensity of the magnetic field was found to have dropped by as much as eleven gammas...
...hesitated to dispute other federal agencies' plans when they concern the environment. EPA opposed one of the Bureau of Reclamation's dam-building projects, the Interior Department's tentative approval of the trans-Alaska pipeline and, reportedly, the Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear test at Amchitka. As a result of such actions, Ruckelshaus has been called "the loneliest man in Washington." He shrugs:'"In a job like this, you're bound to ruffle some feathers...
...Nixon Administration does not confine itself to Southeast Asian affairs. He indicts the administration for its arrogance and for its deception. "We have added lies and news management to become almost a way of life under the present administration." And he points to the SST, ABM and Amchitka controversies as prime examples of Administration lies...